Senior software developer at Yapı Kredi Technology, Efe Demir, ended his life after he sent a farewell e-mail to his managers on March 17. After Demir’s suicide, the leading software developers of the sector complained about the harsh working conditions in both the banking and informatics sectors.
Mobbing is one of the biggest realities of today’s business world, and most of the time, managers do not realize that a significant part of their approach towards their employees is “mobbing”. As a result of the stimulation of people under mobbing with different triggers, sometimes, for their relatives and for themselves. extremely sad decisions they seem to get it.
Unfortunately, Efe Demir also experienced this situation. Demir, who worked as the Personal Loans Allocation Application Development Manager in Yapı Kredi Technology unit of Yapı Kredi bank; He took his own life after a long e-mail to his managers. His suicide and the lines he left behind caused a serious reaction.
Highlights from Efe Demir’s farewell e-mail:
Efe Demir, who started his career at Yapı Kredi according to his resignation and farewell e-mail, said that he tried to establish positive relations with the people he communicated with, that he had a successful education life and that have a comfortable economic situation says.
Noting that he wants to work in the field of loans after leaving 4 years behind in his career, Demir takes part in important projects and is brought to the earliest managerial position of the institution in this process. However, after taking this job,realized that the institution’s values had been emptied states.
In the text, the managers in the institution “behaving cowardly under the guise of caution” Demir also states that by remaining silent against the attitudes of the managers who have a lack of merit, he empties the institution, that reaching the calendar targets has become more important than the target itself, trying to please the manager has become a goal, and lies are told.
On the other hand, Demir states that the esteemed managers working in the institution were brought to a crossroads and made without options due to the tolerance shown to the visionless managers. Demir, who decided to resign for these reasons, due to earthquake disaster suspends this decision. He also complains about the financial decisions taken by the institution for earthquake victims.
You can find the full text in the tweet below:
After Efe Demir’s letter, Yapı Kredi issued a statement:
This statement of Yapı Kredi was met with reaction from the leaders of the IT industry:
The statement of the Chamber of Computer Engineers is as follows:
The incident caused serious reactions on LinkedIn, and Efe Demir’s LinkedIn profile was also closed:
Many people, especially human resources experts, share Efe Demir’s letter and express their reactions on LinkedIn. In addition, it was learned that Demir’s profile was also closed after the events and statements that caused indignation.