It could very well be a PR stunt but the content in the OP is “real” in the sense that it matches what’s being reported and isn’t photoshopped or something.
Right, I’m not accusing OP of faking his content. I’m stating the possibility of the original poster from linkedin spreading a lie for the sake of publicity.
Not that this wouldn’t happen, but for me the screenshot looks a bit edited (though I’m just viewing on my phone): look at the clarity of the text in the email, then at the signature and logo. Might be that somebody just swapped out the text in an image editor.
A quick search returning several news articles suggests it’s real. Pretty gross.
All the articles I’ve visited just write about the image in the OP and state that they haven’t verified the claims, f.e:
However, India Today could not independently verify the authenticity of the viral screenshot of the email.
https://www.indiatoday.in/trending-news/story/yesmadam-stress-survey-fires-employees-who-said-yes-hr-email-viral-backlash-2647050-2024-12-09
Also interesting to how at least one reposter seem to be a digital marketer.
“Shitiz Dogra, Associate Director of Digital Marketing at IndiGo”
I wouldn’t be surprised if this is all fake and meant to spread the company name.
And now articles telling us it wasn’t real has started showing up.
https://m.economictimes.com/news/new-updates/did-yesmadam-fire-stressed-employees-company-issues-clarification-after-receiving-criticism-on-social-media/articleshow/116160191.cms
It could very well be a PR stunt but the content in the OP is “real” in the sense that it matches what’s being reported and isn’t photoshopped or something.
Right, I’m not accusing OP of faking his content. I’m stating the possibility of the original poster from linkedin spreading a lie for the sake of publicity.
Very possible, arguably even probable.
Most certainly is fake.
That can’t possibly be a real name.
Not that this wouldn’t happen, but for me the screenshot looks a bit edited (though I’m just viewing on my phone): look at the clarity of the text in the email, then at the signature and logo. Might be that somebody just swapped out the text in an image editor.
India? The HR teams here are worse than cartels. Heartless.