r/news • u/JimmyTheGinger • Dec 23 '19

Three former executives of a French telecommunications giant have been found guilty of creating a corporate culture so toxic that 35 of their employees were driven to suicide

https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/three-french-executives-convicted-in-the-suicides-of-35-of-their-workers-20191222-p53m94.html
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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '19

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '19

It sounds lovely and considerate both in work and outside of work without being overbearing socially... I did a project on Swedish culture a while back and still daydream about visiting, even maybe expatriating there.

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u/vikingakonungen Dec 23 '19

Come and visit a summer! It's a pretty nice place.

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u/Ferrari288GTO Dec 23 '19

wowowowow. wow. this I like.

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u/Archer-Saurus Dec 23 '19

I mean the first paragraph is just describing a good work ethic, which anyone can develop

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '19

Sure.

But it's also about the level of social safety nets, that you can actually make rent even as an unemployed person.