- By Poorva Karki
- Fri, 20 Sep 2024 04:48 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
It’s not like the culture of a ‘toxic work environment’ never existed before, but the sudden and saddening death of a young and talented CA because of an ‘overwhelming workload’ surely ended up becoming a ‘pushing point’, after which people finally decided to speak up. For those unaware, a 26-year-old CA working at the multinational consulting firm Ernst & Young (EY), Anna Sebastian Perayil, recently lost her life due to ‘work pressure’, as per her mother Anita Augustine. As soon as her death and its cause made it into headlines, it left people reacting and sharing their own incidents where toxicity ‘peaked at its worst’. Amid all the backlash, yet another social media post went viral, where a job description with bizarre expectations left people angry.
The description had a few obvious pointers like experience and skills required, but it was the last pointer that caught everyone’s attention; “Personal life should be sorted with no baggage”. Believe it or not, based on the description, the company seems to be wanting an employee with a ‘sorted out personal life’, as if that’s something that people can control.
As the post went viral, people began to react. Most chastised the company, and the rest asked for the name of the organisation. Many also chastised India’s Labour Laws, and the rest suggested boycotting such requirements.
The post was shared on Reddit, by the Redditor ‘FlakyAssistant7681’. The post was captioned, “Seriously?” Meanwhile, the post’s description reads, “I just saw this under a candidate requirement in a job posting.” The post was shared yesterday and pulled more than 4.5K upvotes from people.
Check out the viral post:
Job description with bizarre requirements goes viral. (Source: FlakyAssistant7681/ Reddit)
Taking to the comment section, people share their take. “Ability to get sick? Have a family? We're not interested then,” a user said. “Employers need to be legally forced to treat employees with basic respect. They won't do it on their own,” added a second person. “Has anything bad ever happened to you? Sorry buddy we don’t hire unlucky people!” added another.
“Absolutely wild that some managers act this way lol,” added a fourth user. “I think it's illegal in the US to ask about your family status,” added a fifth person. “Indian labour laws are extremely robust, however even the most robust labour laws or any laws for that matter don’t mean shit if they aren’t implemented,” wrote the next.