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India’s ‘toxic work culture’ in focus after death of EY employee

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The employee collapsed in her rented room four months into her job at EY, and died before she could be taken to a hospital.

Ms Anna Sebastian Perayil collapsed in her rented room four months into her job at EY, and died before she could be taken to hospital.

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- For young Indians hoping to make it big in the corporate world, a position at Ernst & Young (EY) would normally be a dream job.

But the recent death of a 26-year-old consultant who worked for the top accounting firm, allegedly due to work-related stress, has sparked a wider conversation about the toll such coveted jobs can exact.

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