It is not worth dying for a better pay cheque

Unhealthy workplaces diminish employee engagement, increase turnover and reduce job performance, while driving up health insurance and health­care costs

In a shocking incident a couple of years ago, Karl Slym, then MD of Tata Motors, jumped off his top-floor hotel suite in Bangkok. Last year, the COO of Encyclopedia Britannica plunged down the ventilation shaft of his apartment building. Still earlier, a young CEO of SAP India succumbed to a massive heart attack, reportedly owing to sleep deprivation.

Two recent studies have found that depression, anxiety and stress prevail among 43-46 per cent of employees in India’s private sector. Demanding work schedules, high pressure on KPIs linked to higher perquisites, and the always-on mobile phone syndrome are the top