Pune, 19 September 2024 (Press Ki Taquat Bureau)
A 26-year-old employee of Ernst & Young in Pune died due to “excessive workload” four months later joining the company. Anna Sebastian Perayil, a CA from Kerala, had joined the company this March.
In a emotionally painful letter to the global accounting giant– mother Anita Augustine has blamed “EY’s callous attitude” for Anna’s death.
“On Saturday, July 6, my husband and I reached Pune to attend Anna’s CA Convocation. Since she had been complaining of chest constriction upon reaching her PG late at night (around 1 am) for the past week, we took her to the hospital in Pune. Her ECG was normal, and the cardiologist came to allay our fears, telling us she wasn’t getting enough sleep and was eating very late. He prescribed antacids, which reassured us that it wasn’t anything serious. Though we had come all the way from Kochi, she insisted on going to work after seeing the doctor, saying there was a lot of work to be done and she wouldn’t get leave,” she said.
“That night, she returned to her PG late again. On Sunday, July 7, the day of her convocation, she joined us in the morning, but she was working from home even that day until the afternoon, and we reached the convocation venue late,” she added.
