Posted on 12/20/2019 6:44:50 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT
The ex-boss of France Télécom and two former executives have been jailed over a restructuring policy linked to suicides among employees in the 2000s.
At the time, the newly privatised company was in the throes of a major reorganisation. Lombard was trying to cut 22,000 jobs and retrain at least 10,000 workers.
Some employees were transferred away from their families or left behind when offices were moved, or assigned demeaning jobs.
"I'll get them out one way or another, through the window or through the door," Lombard was quoted as telling senior managers in 2007.
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A French best sell on how to do nothing at work... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonjour_paresse
They didn’t commit suicide over their jobs, they were suicidal already. What a ridiculous precedent. Hey, French person, if they are screwing with you at your job, quit. Get another job somewhere else. It’s a choice, you aren’t a slave. Show some spine.
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