'Quit by 10 am or get fired': Anand Mahindra apologises over manner of employee's sacking

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Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra took to Twitter after Moneycontrol reported the story of a Tech Mahindra employee being asked to quit by human resource executive, which went viral.

"I want to add my personal apology. Our core value is to preserve the dignity of the individual & we'll ensure this does not happen in future," said Mahindra, responding to a tweet by Tech Mahindra's Chief Executive Officer CP Gurnani to put their version on record.

I want to add my personal apology. Our core value is to preserve the dignity of the individual & we'll ensure this does not happen in future https://t.co/yBxAxvFZlc

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— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) July 7, 2017

"I deeply regret the way the HR rep & employee discussion was done. We have taken the right steps to ensure it doesn’t repeat in the future," Gurnani tweeted on Friday.

I deeply regret the way the HR rep & employee discussion was done. We have taken the right steps to ensure it doesn’t repeat in the future. pic.twitter.com/KKLt6tIBb6

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— CP Gurnani (@C_P_Gurnani) July 7, 2017

This was followed by a statement from Tech Mahindra Vice-chairman Vineet Nayyar.

"We have become aware of the incident involving a conversation between an employee and a company HR representative. We deeply regret the manner in which the discussion took place and have taken necessary corrective steps to ensure that this does not happen again in future," Nayyar said in the statement.

Moneycontrol reported on Thursday that in a 6:45-minute long audio clip, the company's HR executive was heard asking the employee to put in his papers by 10 am the next day or his services at the company will be terminated.

Listen to the audio clip here:

Tech Mahindra had not replied to Moneycontrol’s email seeking comment on the authenticity of the tape at the time of publishing the story.

Moneycontrol could not independently verify the authenticity or timeline of the recording. The tweets from the chairman and CEO confirm that the recording involved Tech Mahindra employees.