No one from her office came to her funeral
It’s so tragic, what the mother must be going through! No amount of ‘Learnings/work pressure’ justify this!
fuck this shit. how many more lives do we need to lose before we wake the fuck up? saurabh kumar laddha, 25, jumped from the ninth floor after a grueling day at mckinsey. a few months later, anna sebastian perayil, 26, worked herself to death at ernst & young. two brilliant minds, two futures gone, all because these corporate fuckers can’t stop squeezing every last drop out of their employees.
let’s not bullshit ourselves—these consulting firms aren’t saving the world. they’re not curing cancer, and they sure as hell aren’t solving world hunger. they’re making fancy powerpoints and throwing around buzzwords to justify their obscene fees. and the way they do it? by grinding young talent into the ground.
“you can work at night. that’s what we all do.” that’s the toxic crap they’re feeding people. since when did destroying your mental health become a badge of honor? these firms dangle prestige and big paychecks like a carrot, luring in the brightest minds, only to chew them up and spit them out.
here’s the kicker—these same fuckers wouldn’t pull this shit in other countries. they know they’d get sued or face real consequences. but in india? they’ll use their influence to brush it under the rug, just like they did with saurabh. a few weeks of fake concern, some empty promises about “employee well-being,” and then it’s back to business as usual.
this isn’t work culture; it’s a death cult. these firms are sacrificing young lives on the altar of corporate greed. and for what? so some ceo can add another zero to their bonus? so the partners can buy another vacation home?
let’s call it what it is: corporate manslaughter. these companies are killing our youth with their insane demands and toxic culture. and they’re getting away with it because we let them. we buy into their bullshit about prestige and career growth, forgetting none of that matters if you’re dead.
how many more people need to die before we say enough is enough? how many more mothers need to write heartbreaking letters about their dead children? how many more dreams need to be shattered before we realize this system is fundamentally broken?
we need to ask the tough questions. why are we letting these companies treat people like disposable resources? why are we normalizing 80-hour work weeks and celebrating burnout like it’s some sort of accomplishment? why are we letting these corporate vampires suck the life out of an entire generation?
this isn’t just about mckinsey or ernst & young. it’s about a whole fucked-up system that values profit over people, that sees human beings as nothing more than cogs in a machine. and it’s about time we broke that machine.
no job, no project, no deadline is worth a human life. period. these companies need to be held accountable, and we need to stop glorifying this toxic bullshit. long hours aren’t a sign of dedication; they’re a sign of a broken system that’s killing us.
it’s time for real change, not just empty promises and pr spin. because if we don’t do something now, how many more saurabhs and annas will we lose before we finally say “no more”?
We really need a corporate employees union in India. Companies will keep targetting individuals but with a union they'll sure have to bend their knees.
EY even sent out precautionary mail to employees to refrain from posting anything about the incident on social media
I’m sick of seeing this happen again and again. Parents, families, it’s on us now! We can’t rely on these heartless corporations to care for our loved ones. Let’s make sure we’re checking in on each other and prioritizing what truly matters – our health and happiness.
Well it's mostly true, but we as Indians are also to blame as the number game (salary, CTC) is hurting our health plus lack of government will power to interfere are the biggest cause of this problem.
Really well put. "Corporate manslaughter" is the perfect term for it imo — we should spread it far and wide on social media, and call these leeches out.
Not to sound opportunistic, and with all due respect to Anna and her family, but this may be a good time to share our own horror stories in the corporate world, to build a movement all over social media. Something positive may come out of this sad situation if we exercise collective action at a large scale.
Good point
Even my Lead succumbed to this. His name was Vijay A. For the world it was a car accident. But in reality he was forced to work more. Due to this one fine evening he was close to the road and felt uneasy and fell to the ground. The charging car had rammed and he died when reaching the hospital.
But the irony was our senior manager joking about car speeds during team dinner.
The expectations these people have and the audacity to question the efforts we put in is unreal. How can they expect anyone to work for 18 hours everyday? "This is peak season" is a bluff because when our actual season gets over, they shift us to other departments during their season and expect us to work for long hours.
@WittyOrangutan Oh man. That's toxic managers. I thought EY was one of those places where the work culture (Dev work) is good.
I just hope these managers are now exposed. People should post these conversations along with the name. Nobody would then dare to ask employees to work such long hours.
It’s so tragic, what the mother must be going through! No amount of ‘Learnings/work pressure’ justify this!
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A letter from the colleague of lady who died. This seems to be ultimate toxicity
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This is truly truly heartbreaking to hear.
The fact that Mck tried to cover up its name in investigation is sad
Apparently the company is trying really hard to do damage control but the cat is out of the bag. They’ve been abhorrent in the way they conduct their company.
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We may call this unprofessional and vain but deep down we envy not able to pull this off. More power to Shreyas!