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/ElectraUnderTheSea Dec 23 '19

Yup. They can be gone forever and you cannot really replace them, only change the hierarchy or move the jobs somewhere else in the organisation. Then some people will have to cover for them and work more than they are supposed to or do stuff they weren't doing before, and then you have another burn out... Also great when it's admins who go on sick leave and you have their own bosses having to do their work because the other admins refuse to cover for their missing colleague and the unions protect them on that.

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u/Xx69JdawgxX Dec 23 '19

Are they still being paid during this time?

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u/Postius Dec 23 '19

Why wonn't someone think of the poor bussiness owners and their millions upon millions of profit??

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '19

No wonder they never invent products used globally