Employees should not be allowed to praise the leadership in public, at least this is what Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu said his company follows, he said in a lengthy social media post on Thursday. Speaking of the “ultimate gift” that people have, Vembu talked about how he tries to keep himself away from any kind of praise or abuse, stating that he does not consider himself “very important”.

“One long standing principle within the company is that no employee is allowed to praise the leadership, including me, in public. We remind people of this rule periodically and it has become a core part of our culture,” Vembu said in his post.

He went on, “The spiritual principle I have tried to follow in life is to let neither praise nor abuse get to me. I don’t read or watch videos about me. I am not that important to me and do not want to carry the burden of being important.”

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Sridhar Vembu further talked about life, being alive and how they are the “ultimate” prize one can have. He added that he considers “of being alive and conscious, drawing breath, as the ultimate gift bestowed by the creator and remind myself to be thankful for that gift. Satchitananda सच्चितानन्दः”

“I do read critical feedback of our products or the company. They are important,” he added. 

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He mentioned that with each passing day, he does remind himself that getting feedback is a positive thing and that he is thankful for the same. 

“I remind myself and our employees to be thankful for the fact that we even receive that feedback, because the natural or default state for any product or idea is to be completely ignored. The fact that people take the time to tell us is a gift we must be thankful for,” Vembu concluded.

Vembu is quite active on social media and keeps sharing his views on various topics. Recently he talked in detail about autism, medicines of the condition and  brain harvesting among other things.