As people continue to be shocked over the shocking death of an EY employee Anna Sebastian, another incident happened.
In Lucknow, a 45-year-old HDFC Bank employee has died under suspicious circumstances while working. Sadaf Fatima reportedly fell off her chair and died instantly.
As per her colleagues, Sadaf was experiencing significant work pressure. Reports Dainik Bhaskar. As a result, this incident adds to a growing national discussion about workplace stress, particularly following the recent death of an Ernst and Young employee who allegedly succumbed to “overwork.”
According to the assistant commissioner of Police Radharaman Singh, a panchnama (record of observation) has been completed, and her body has been sent for postmortem to determine the cause of death.
Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav described the situation as “extremely worrying.” Taking to X, he said “All companies and government departments will have to think seriously in this regard. This is an irreparable loss of the country’s human resources. Such sudden deaths bring the working conditions under question.”
लखनऊ में काम के दबाव और तनाव के कारण एचडीएफ़सी की एक महिलाकर्मी की ऑफिस में ही, कुर्सी से गिरकर, मृत्यु का समाचार बेहद चिंतनीय है।
ऐसे समाचार देश में वर्तमान अर्थव्यवस्था के दबाव के प्रतीक हैं। इस संदर्भ में सभी कंपनियों और सरकारी विभागों तक को गंभीरता से सोचना होगा। ये देश के… pic.twitter.com/Xj49E01MSs
— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) September 24, 2024
Meanwhile, a 26-year-old employee at EY’s Pune office passed away in July. Her mother, Anita Augustine, wrote to EY India Chairman Rajiv Memani, criticizing the firm’s “glorification” of overwork.
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