French Employee Is 24th to Kill Himself in Firm's 'Suicide Spiral'

foxnews.com/ ^ | September 29, 2009 | SKY News

[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.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Quit?

[MNDude]

sounds like Arkancide to me.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Those 35 hour work weeks and 5 weeks of vacation will do that to you.

[equalitybeforethelaw]

Working for French people must really suck.

[KSCITYBOY]

I did & it does.

[the long march]

Nah. Obamacare at it’s finest

[RobRoy]

It's happening!

[Frantzie]

Working for scummy and slimy General Electric must be pretty comparable. GE loves their boys Olberman and Obama - what a corrupt company.

[Perdogg]

Philopon?

[2Jedismom]

Yeah! What gives?? Why don’t they just quit?

[GeronL]

Why didnt he quit. He’d probably get more in benefits than from working. Notice they blame the company.

[SanFranDan]

“Those 35 hour work weeks and 5 weeks of vacation will do that to you.”

Now I know this is a serious topic, but man that was funny!

[Tijeras_Slim]

Why can’t they do the red-blooded American thing and shoot the place up? < /s>

[Repeat Offender]

Why can’t they do the red-blooded American thing and shoot the place up? No guns. Maybe they should outlaw bridges or windows above the first floor?

[TSgt]

Working for French people must really suck.

I'm not sure you can use the words "French" and "work" in the same sentence.

[TigersEye]

And people say socialism doesn’t work. That’s 24 people who don’t need health care and 24 new job openings for the unemployed.

[mamelukesabre]

Interesting theory.

I know you meant to be a smartass with that comment. But I’m actually wondering if you are right.

Think about this...when everyone in the whole dam country works 35 hours and get 5 weeks vacation...it isn’t going to feel that special. Right?

How is a work-aholic going to cope with something like that? Especially a work-aholic that is broke! No option to make a little extra cash, and no money to spend during all that time off.

I think I’d go nuts too.

[CzarNicky]

...while another man survived stabbing himself in the stomach during a work meeting.

I've been in a few meetings where this seemed like a good idea.

[Texan Tory]

“I did & it does.”

Why does working for the French suck? I’m not arguing with you, I’m just curious.

[CodeToad]

Socialism sucks.