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

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