Posted on 05/05/2023 9:49:06 AM PDT by Red Badger
Google Engineer Jumps to His Death from 14th Floor of Company-s NYC HQ
A Google engineer has jumped to his death from the 14th floor of the company headquarters in New York City in what appears to be an apparent suicide.
The man, who has not yet been named, was found on the ground on Thursday’s 15th Street side of the building.
Police found the man unconscious after receiving multiple phone calls about the incident.
The Google engineer was rushed to Bellevue Hospital, where he later died.
The officer discovered handprints on the 14th-floor ledge, according to one source speaking with the New York Post.
There was no suicide note left behind.
The death is the second Google engineer reportedly taking their own life this year.
In February, fellow coworker Jacob Pratt, 33, was found dead inside his apartment on February 16.
Pratt had apparently taken his own life by hanging, an NYPD source told the New York Post.
Pratt was a partnership leader at the company and had been for a year and a half, and started at Google as an agency manager in May 2019, according to his LinkedIn.
“His interests in advertising and technology lead him to a dream job as an accounting manager at Google in Manhattan,” his obituary said.
Google has laid off roughly 12,000 of its global workforce this year, as many other big tech firms follow suit amid the economic downturn.
As The Daily Mail reported:
Sundar Pichai, Alphabet’s CEO, said the losses affect teams across the company, including recruiting, some corporate functions, and some engineering and products teams.
The mass reduction comes just days after rival Microsoft Corp said it would lay off 10,000 workers, and Amazon started to fire its 18,000 workers as the ‘rich cession’ rips through the world’s biggest firms in recent months.
The most in-demand workers right now are blue-collar employees, while white-collar workers have seen major job losses in the last year.
The phenomenon has been dubbed ‘rich cession’ by those in the field.
One of my son’s closest friends went off the New River Gorge bridge in WV. One of my good friends went off the New River trail bridge. He ran on that trail all the time.
I wondered if he was looking at being deported.
As easy as it is to get Fentanyl, if I wanted to off myself, that’s the way to go. Why risk feeling all that pain at the end, assuming the attempt actually kills you?
My wife was dispatching when a 911 call arrived. It was a windy day and the caller on a cellphone was walking when he called. He told my wife he was going to end his life in a few minutes. She asked for his location and if there was anything she could do. He said, "send an ambulance". My wife quickly geolocated his phone to a nearby freeway bridge. She had his phone number. She tried call back. No answer. She dispatched 2 officers and an ambulance. The 300 lb man jumped off the bridge at the "diverging diamond" where Yellowstone Avenue crosses I-86 near Pocatello. The officers arrived in time to block traffic so he wouldn't get run over. He survived and was taken to the hospital. He did land on his face, so lots of surgery ahead to rebuild. It took a replay of the recorded 911 call to pick out his intent to kill himself and where. Fortunately, my wife picked up enough cues to get help there ASAP before reviewing the 911 recording.
There is a Denny's about 100 ft from where the guy jumped off. My wife had to deal with another suicide just outside of the window at Denny's. A 19 year old had robbed a woman at gun point and was making an escape on foot. When confronted by her officers, there was an attempt to de-escalate. It didn't work. The guy shot himself in the head with his 44 magnum revolver. The round went into the top of the adjacent window and into the restaurant. Lots of brains and blood to clean off the side of the building. The window is still taped over where the bullet entered.
When Black Friday comes
I’ll stand down by the door
And catch the gray men when they
Dive from the fourteenth floor
Ted Nugent Dog Eat Dog It’s not the 100th floor but 14 works just as well.
Oh it hurt,very briefly
You think he would have googled a better way to kill himself.
When Black Friday comes
I stand down by the door
And catch the grey men when they
Dive from the fourteenth floor
My experience was a long time ago. I was very young and did not know him very well.
Did he have the Tucker tapes?.
Google must have the Japanese-type of work requirements. Soon they may have to install the same type of suicide nets to stop the increase in company suicide jumpers.
New tagline.
Bwahahahahahahahahahaha
He was hard headed.................
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