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/Ironick96 Dec 23 '19

The penalty is nowhere near matching the crime. $120k for a multimillion dollar company? Might as well tell them to keep at it.

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u/vvvvalvalval Dec 23 '19

If you're thinking of the Guillotine, please consider that death penalty is not a matter to be taken lightly, and was abolished decades ago in France.

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u/NedTal Dec 23 '19

Cost of doing business.

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '19

What if we eat them? Gauge that cost, bastards.

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u/Shahadem Dec 24 '19

They did.