Comment Comment by sonnyblarney It's plain wrong to claim that some angry manager 'caused' someone to kill themselves.Also, it's questionable if there was in fact a 'rash of suicides':France has a rate of suicide of 12.9 / 100K / year. [1]France Telecom has 95 000 employees In France alone. [2]Here's the title of the Telegraph article: "Why have 24 France Telecom workers killed themselves in the past 19 months?" [3]Well, it would be expected that about 20.5 FT employees will commit suicide every 19 months or so, sadly.[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_r...[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_S.A.[3] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechno... parent sonnyblarney 7 years ago
Also, it's questionable if there was in fact a 'rash of suicides':
France has a rate of suicide of 12.9 / 100K / year. [1]
France Telecom has 95 000 employees In France alone. [2]
Here's the title of the Telegraph article: "Why have 24 France Telecom workers killed themselves in the past 19 months?" [3]
Well, it would be expected that about 20.5 FT employees will commit suicide every 19 months or so, sadly.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_r...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_S.A.
[3] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechno...