#340: Suicides at work

Have you seen any good suicides at work lately? I guess not. It’s just another difference between the French business model and the American model.

While Americans tend to kill their bosses and co-workers, the French kill themselves. For example, since 2008, 24 workers at France Telecom have committed suicide, blamed on trouble at work.

Something is obviously wrong in the work place and it is no laughing matter. At this time of year these problems become even more noticeable at home.

Thanksgiving can be joyful if you are surrounded by family and friends happily sharing in much to be thankful for. It can also be a very depressing time if you have little left to be thankful for and no one around to help share that pain.

Please spare a thought for those in pain. Even a mere thought can be enough to stop them adopting the American or French model of dealing with pain at work.


I’m James McIntosh at nonsenseatwork.com

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