"The pressure is very, very high," Jennifer Hephzibah, a senior HR professional in India, told Business Insider. "If you don't deliver it at a particular time, you either lose your bonus, or you lose your job. It doesn't matter what you're going through otherwise."
Peryail's father, Sebastian Perayil, said, "Anna was unable to sleep on most days and couldn't eat on time. After a whole night of work, she would have to wake up at 7:30 the next morning and repeat the same cycle."
A Boston Consulting Group survey found that 58% of Indian respondents reported feeling burned out - the highest share of any of the countries, including the US (50%), the UK (47%), and Japan (37%).
In 2022, according to the International Labour Organization, the average employee in India worked 46.7 hours a week, compared to about 38 in the US.
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