Ernst & Young said it will provide the family with all possible assistance.
New Delhi:
After the family of a 26-year-old woman claimed she died due to the extreme workload at Ernst & Young, the consulting firm said it will make efforts to create a healthier work environment.
“We are deeply saddened by the tragic and untimely passing of Anna Sebastian in July 2024. Our deepest condolences go out to the bereaved family,” the firm, one of the Big 4 consulting firms, said in a statement.
The company said they are providing all possible assistance to the family and will find ways to improve the workplace and provide a healthy working environment for their employees.
“While no measure can compensate for the family's loss, we have offered all the support we always do in such difficult times and will continue to do so.”
“We take the family’s correspondence very seriously and with humility. We attach utmost importance to the well-being of all employees and will continue to find ways to improve and provide a healthy workplace for our 100,000 people across all EY member companies in India,” the company added.
A letter written by the woman’s mother to EY India Chairman Rajiv Memani went viral on social media. In the letter, the mother alleged that her daughter died of “overwork” just four months after joining the company and that no one from the organisation even attended her funeral.
She also describes how happy her daughter was to work at EY, as it was also her first job.
“She was full of life, dreams and excitement for the future. EY was her first job and she was excited to be part of such a prestigious company. But four months later, on July 20, 2024, my world collapsed when I received the devastating news that Anna had passed away. She was only 26 years old,” she wrote.
Anna passed her Chartered Accountant (CA) exams on November 23 last year and joined EY Pune on March 19.
