India, June 10 -- A Bengaluru-based startup founder has sparked an intense corporate debate online after calling out the "toxic s**t" that has become deeply normalised within Indian workplaces. In a viral LinkedIn post, she sharply criticised five prevalent but toxic habits, including midnight corporate calls, weekend meetings, explosive public humiliation, and sudden Friday-evening emergencies.

"Toxic shit that is normalised in Indian workplaces, but shouldn't be," Bengaluru founder Aloona wrote. She then outlined five prevalent yet problematic practices that occur in Indian workplaces.

"Screaming at people, abusing people, belittling people in front of others, in standup meetings. Don't even get me started on sales meetings, OMG!" she...