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French Employee Is 24th to Kill Himself in Firm's 'Suicide Spiral'
foxnews.com/ ^ | September 29, 2009 | SKY News

Posted on 09/29/2009 2:25:43 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

A 24th France Telecom employee has killed himself in what the company says is a "suicide spiral."

The 51-year-old father-of-two hurled himself to his death from a bridge onto a busy road in the Haute-Savoie region of the country.

In a letter to his wife, he blamed the unbearable "atmosphere" at his workplace.

France Telecomhas been dogged by a series of suicides in the last 18 months.

The deaths include a woman who jumped from her office window in the summer, while another man survived stabbing himself in the stomach during a work meeting.

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To: Tijeras_Slim

Hard work pays off, right?


41 posted on 09/30/2009 8:47:32 PM PDT by mamelukesabre (Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
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