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Latest News in India: In another tragic incident, yet another life was lost to work pressures and stress from the workplace. A 42-year-old manager, Tarun Saxena, who worked for a finance company, was found dead in his residence in Uttar Pradesh’s Jhansi. According to reports, he could not stand the work pressure anymore and had committed suicide. Tarun Saxena had been working with Bajaj Finance for eight years, and the news of the devastating death has sparked a fresh debate on how excessive workloads are taking a toll on young lives across the country.
Tarun was very thorough in his approach with excellent work culture and very prompt in meeting deadlines. He never took undue advantage of meeting the deadline without compromising on the job but while delivering his job, it came with a terrible cost. For seven consecutive nights, he never slept to exert pressure so that he could deliver what his task required from him. He left behind a suicide note addressed to his wife. In the note, Saxena revealed that he has been living under severe stress. This is reportedly because of pressure from his bosses, who allegedly have been encouraging him either to achieve his targets or quit.
The Tragic Story of the Bajaj Finance Employee. Such is the tragic loss of the parents, wife Megha, and children Yatharth and Pihu who are left behind to live a life with the drastic loss. He was found hanged by the house help inside his room on that particular morning. Before committing suicide, he locked in his wife and the two children in another room.
But what was it that forced him to take this extreme step? – Speaking to the media, Saxena’s close family friend said, “Tarun Saxena was my elder cousin. He was working as an area manager with Bajaj Finance. The company had been pressuring him to collect more funds from the market. His salary was being deducted as he failed to achieve his targets. As we came to know this morning around 6:00 am, Vaibhav Saxena and Prabhakar Mishra, who are based in Bhopal, held a conference with him and incited him by which he died by suicide.
What Was It That Saxena Wrote In His Suicide Note? – Saxena was 42 years old. His suicide note contained the following: “I am very tense about the future. I have lost my ability to think. I am going. I have not slept for 45 days. I have hardly eaten. I am under a lot of stress. Senior managers are pressuring me to meet targets at any cost or quit,
Tarun had two kids and even paid their school fees for the whole year before he took such an extreme step. “You all take care of Megha, Yatharth and Pihu. Mummy, Papa, I have never asked for anything, but am doing so now. Please get the second floor built so that my family can stay comfortably,” the suicide note reads.
In his five-page suicide note, Saxena had exhorted his children to study hard and look after their mother. He also appealed to his relatives to support his family in getting the insurance money. He also told the reason he was taking this tough decision – Saxena has named his seniors and wrote: “They are responsible for my decision.” He also pleaded that his family should lodge a police complaint against those he had mentioned.
How Does Lack of Sleep Cause Death? – To understand the relation between lack of sleep, anxiety, depression and mental health (reasons behind killing oneself), TheHealthSite.com contacted Dr Pratibha Mishra, Apollo Hospitals. According to Dr Mishra, “Sleep is an essential element of our life and chronic sleep deprivation has disastrous effects on our physical and mental health”.
Our body cannot repair and rejuvenate itself when it gets inadequate amount of sleep, which leads to a whole lots of problems.
She further went ahead to say, “The incident has promoted the subject of the need for work-life balance and employee-friendliness in organizations. Of course, employees need to be productive and manage to complete schedules on time, but conversely it is equally important for them to be given sufficient time to rest and recover.”
