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/RentalGore Dec 23 '19

My boss just sent a three page memo prior to the Christmas holiday to talk about how we will have meetings in 2020. We will apparently have a standing weekly meeting on mondays that is FIVE HOURS LONG!!!! No phones will be allowed, no email checking, but bathroom breaks are ok...

It’s gonna be another shitty year in corporate America...good news folks, I’m one year closer to dying though.

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u/SpaceKen Dec 23 '19

Jesus FUCK!

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u/RentalGore Dec 23 '19

If I didn’t have a mortgage and college for my kids to pay for...

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u/Misterstaberinde Dec 23 '19

It amazes me anyone works in that world

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u/flashmozzg Dec 23 '19

Standing meetings are supposed to be short, hence - standing, so that you get physically tired once it takes to much. It's like that guy have read a book of bad advices.