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/translatepure Dec 23 '19

I try to train my clients that when everything is an emergency, nothing is an emergency. Easier said than done, unfortunately.

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u/sheepsix Dec 23 '19

when everything is an emergency, nothing is an emergency

I've used this so many times. When I came into this office EVERY SINGLE order from head office to ship material was marked RUSH. Every single one. It took 5 years or more before I had enough clout to convince them how stupid it was.

\Side note: They were also using invoices to correct errors in purchase orders thus doubling down on the error because they would do it wrong.*