Ernst & Young (EY)- the popular accounting company that ended up becoming the highlight of the year 2024, back in July, is back in the spotlight and the reason- yet again- is not so good. For those unaware of the previous incident, the company triggered a major backlash over India’s labour laws and increasing ‘workplace toxicity’, after 26-year-old CA Anna Sebastian Perayil lost her life allegedly due to ‘work pressure’ while working in EY Pune. The matter was quick to turn people against the corporate organisations in India- especially against the Big 4- as more cases of people feeling like ‘corporate slaves’ began to surface online. The matter was still fresh in everyone's mind when another incident came to light recently. Taking to social media, a Java developer opened up about his ‘very bad’ interview experience at EY.
As per the Redditor’s Reddit post, the interviewer ended up making fun of the candidate’s resume, all because there were a few ‘company switches’ under the span of his 8 years of experience. The Redditor further shared that the interview ended within 10 minutes, calling the rejection a ‘bullet dodged’! “Very bad interview experience with EY for Java Developer role,” the man’s post read.
“A big background about me: I have overall 8+ years of experience in Java development. Made multiple switches (coz of lay-offs) and worked with several organisations. Today, the interviewer literally made fun of my resume, seeing multiple companies mentioned. Even after giving justification, he offended me. He said- You are not a right fit for EY- straight to my face. I am feeling so low. The interview was over within 10 minutes. Dodged a bullet because if the interview culture itself is so bad, can’t imagine about work-life balance and work ethics,” the post further read.
The post was shared on Reddit, by the handle ‘ItsYourLifeMakeItBig’. The post was shared yesterday and pulled almost 1K upvotes from people.
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The post, soon after getting shared, pulled many reactions. Most people agreed with the man and recalled their experience facing a ‘toxic work culture’ in EY, while the rest chastised India’s labour laws in general. Many also shared similar interviews, where they were humiliated for unrelated reasons, while some suggested the Redditor to complain to the company’s HR.
“Should have given feedback to EY's HR for the interviewer,” a user said.
“I feel you, brother, last week it happened to me as well at a small company. I felt humiliated and went into a shell, better to say I am still there. In my case I was having a bad day and couldn't code a simple problem,” added a second person.
“Curious - what if someone retaliates against such humiliating interviewers during the interview? What can be the consequences?” added a third person.
“You should have said that you HR selected me and you had my resume from the beginning so maybe you guys are slow,” added another.
The Reddit post only acted as fuel in the fire, as India is already witnessing some of the most problematic workplace-related statements that were made by some major business tycoons like NR Narayana Murthy and Larsen & Toubro MD SN Subrahmanyan, where the men encouraged ‘70 to 90-hour work week’ for the country.
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