Daughter, 26, Died Of Overwork At EY, No One Attended Funeral: Woman’s Letter

A young woman’s mother has written a gut-wrenching letter to the chairman of Ernst & Young India claiming that her daughter died of “overwork” just four months after joining the company and no one from the organisation even attended her funeral.  

In the letter, the mother also made a fervent plea to the brass at the company to rectify a work culture that “seems to glorify overwork while neglecting the very human beings behind the role” and said she hoped her daughter’s death would serve as a wake-up call. 

Issuing a statement, EY India said it was deeply saddened by the death of the employee and was taking the family’s correspondence with the “utmost seriousness and humility”.