EY India Responds to 26-year-old Pune Employee’s Death Due to ‘Work Stress’: ‘Irreparable

Ernst & Young (EY), one of the Big Four accounting firms, has released a statement following the tragic death of their 26-year-old Pune employee. Anna Sebastian Perayil, who reportedly succumbed to work-related stress as claimed by her mother in an email to EY India boss Rajiv Memani, was a Chartered Accountant (CA) from Kerala. The accounting firm said that Anna Sebastian Perayil was part of the Audit team at S R Batliboi. The company expressed deep sorrow over the “irreparable loss” of the young employee and emphasised that they “assisted the family during this tragic time”.

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“While no measure can compensate for the loss experienced by the family, we have provided all the assistance as we always do in such times of distress and will continue to do so. We are deeply saddened by Anna Sebastian’s tragic and untimely passing in July 2024, and our deepest condolences go to the bereaved family,” the company said in a statement.

The company expressed that the passing of their young employee is an “irreparable loss for all”: “Anna was a part of the Audit team at S R Batliboi, a member firm of EY Global, in Pune for a brief period of four months, joining the firm on 18 March 2024. That her promising career was cut short in this tragic manner is an irreparable loss for all of us.”

The company, which is headquarted in London, United Kingdom, further hinted at changes “to improve and provide a healthy workplace” to its employees: “We are taking the family’s correspondence with the utmost seriousness and humility. We place the highest importance on 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 EY member firms in India.”

(This is a developing story)