‘Insane’: Email firing staff for being stressed goes viral

A wild email has gone viral with one employee claiming that after reading it they were “shaking”.

An unbelievable work email is going viral online after a fed-up employee leaked it on LinkedIn.

According to her LinkedIn profile, Anouska Dutta worked as a copywriter at the company Yes Madam.

She took to the social work platform to share a screenshot of a wild email she received from the company.

“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,” she wrote.

YesMadam is a company that offers a tech platform for beauty and wellness. The copywriter described the incident as a “mass firing”.

This was the email that was sent. Picture: X

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The email got even further traction when Siqi Chen, who founded tech start-up Runway and has a following of over 70,000 on X, shared it online.

Mr Chen said the email had left him “shaking” and called it “actually insane”.

The email from the company’s HR manager details the company’s wild actions after conducting a wellbeing survey.

“Recently we conducted a survey to understand your feelings about stress at work. Many of you shared your concerns which we deeply value and respect,” the email reads.

“As a company committed to fostering a healthy and supportive work environment we have carefully considered this 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.

“This decision is effective immediately and impacted employees will receive further details separately.”

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The employee called it a mass firing. Picture: LinkedIn

Immediately, people started sharing their opinions, and Mr Chen added that he was

“surprised” to see how many people were celebrating the email.

Someone called it “fabulous” another claimed that “whiny stressed people” just cause trouble for workplaces,

Some people online were just stunned. Someone commented, “Wow”, another asked, “Is this real?”

“Are you kidding me one?” someone asked.

One person said they were unsurprised because work is always “toxic”.

Another called it a “smart move” by the company, and one advised that you should never let your workplace know about your weaknesses.

“Never let the wolves see you limping,” one warned.

The work email has now been seen by over a million people online.