YesMadam Allegedly Fires 100 Employees After Mental Health Survey; HR Email Goes Viral
A viral email has surfaced online that claims that YesMadam, a startup that offers salon services at home, allegedly after “careful consideration,” laid off over 100 employees who participated in an internal survey about stress and voted that they were under extreme stress.
A screenshot of the alleged email was shared on LinkedIn by an employee of the Noida-based company. As per the email, the company had conducted a survey about stress at work, but then it used the data to fire employees who indicated significant stress.
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While the email read first as if the startup was going to implement measures to promote a healthier work environment, what followed left the employees in confusion and shock.
“As a company committed to fostering a healthy and supportive work environment, we have carefully considered the feedback. To ensure that no one remains stressed at work, we have made the difficult decision to part ways with employees who indicated significant stress,” read the email.
“This decision is effective immediately, and impacted employees will receive further details separately,” stated the viral email.
So recently a startup named YesMadam sent out survey to team members on how stressed they are AND? Guess what… fired the ones who had voted they are under extreme stress.
Source: https://t.co/o8PnoRMlax pic.twitter.com/RSxQBUW1Gj
— Deep Ganatra (@DeepXP) December 9, 2024
Sharing an image of the email, a YesMadam employee who was among those who were fired following the mental health survey, “What’s happening at YesMadam? First you conduct a random survey and then fire us overnight because we’re feeling stressed? And not just me, 100 other people have been fired too.”
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The woman’s post went viral, with several slamming the startup for its actions. While one netizen claimed that the move violated several clauses of employment contracts and labour laws, another questioned the direction where Indian companies were heading, citing Infosys founder Narayan Murthy’s remark about working 70 hours weekly and the recent death of 26-year-old EY Pune employee Anna Sebastian.
Timeline has reached out to YesMadam for comments to verify the email. The story will be updated as soon as we receive a response.
