Days after the death of Ernst & Young (EY) employee Anna Sebastian Perayil, allegedly due to “overwork”, an old video of BharatPe co-founder Ashneer Grover talking about toxic work cultures has resurfaced on social media. In the video, the former Shark Tank India judge shared his decision to quit EY within a day, despite receiving a Rs 1 crore package.

Grover explains his decision by saying he found the office atmosphere to be “too dull.” He described the employees as “Zinda lash,” which translates to “living corpses,” implying that the energy and enthusiasm he expected were missing

He criticised the office environment as lifeless, saying the employees looked like “mare huwe” (dead) and “laash” (corpses). Grover’s exit from EY was swift, but his views on toxic work cultures, expressed in the same video, have since raised eyebrows.