The death of a young EY employee is raising questions over India's 'always-on' work culture

• The death of a 26-year-old EY employee has triggered a conversation about India's work culture.
• The employee's family says that she was overworked — and that it reflects a wider problem.
• HR experts say employees in India often have less support and more pressure than their Western counterparts.

Fourteen-hour work days, meetings during vacations, and no overtime.

To some, this may sound like a job from hell. But for many employees in India, it's just another working day.

India has one of the toughest work cultures in the world. In 2022, according to the most recently available data from the International Labour Organization, the average employee in India worked 46.7 hours a week, compared to about 38 in the US.