The associate director of digital marketing at IndiGo recently shared a leaked internal email that startup and Shark Tank-famous company YesMadam sent to its employees, a home salon and a tech-enabled beauty and wellness platform, in which it said they separated from the employees who reported significant stress during his investigation.

“We recently conducted a survey to understand your feelings about stress at work. Many of you expressed your concerns, which we greatly appreciate and respect. As a company committed to promoting a healthy and supportive work environment, we carefully considered the feedback. “To ensure no one remains stressed in the workplace, we have made the difficult decision to separate employees who have reported significant stress. The affected employees will receive further information separately.” The leaked letter was shared on LinkedIn.

Following the leak, several users on LinkedIn questioned the reason for the layoffs, saying: “This actually looks like a campaign that’s going to backfire, sigh.” “I hope this isn’t some kind of publicity stunt sake,” said another user. “These are the strangest, most illogical and unethical reasons for quitting/firing employees or whatever else HR will gloss over. Tell me this is a joke,” another user added.

ET Online has not independently verified the internal email

India’s work culture:
According to a report by digital health platform MediBuddy and CII, around 62 percent of Indian employees suffer from burnout, three times the global average of 20 percent, which is attributed to work-related stress and poor work-life balance. The report also highlighted that a large number of job seekers view employee wellness programs as crucial to their decision-making process.

Conversations over work culture gained momentum after Anita Augustine, mother of Anna Sebastian Perayil, alleged in a letter to the firm’s India head Rajiv Memani that her daughter was just four months after joining Ernst & Young (EY ) died due to work-related stress. in Pune and said she had to work late nights and weekends without breaks.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than half of the world’s population is employed and approximately 15% of working-age adults live with anxiety disorders. It is estimated that around 12 billion working days are lost worldwide every year due to anxiety and depression. This costs the global economy a massive $1 trillion in lost productivity.