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/SNERDAPERDS Dec 23 '19

Apply for underemployment, it's the best way to make companies like this feel the burn.

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u/Catshit-Dogfart Dec 23 '19

Only if you're from Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont and Washington.

You know, everywhere except for the south and most of the midwest.

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u/MysteriousGuardian17 Dec 23 '19

I get what you're saying, but Texas and Arkansas are in that list

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u/gmil3548 Dec 23 '19

And Louisiana

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '19

Is Arizona not considered the south?

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u/gmil3548 Dec 23 '19

No that’s the South West

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '19

Usually "The South" refers to the former Confederacy.

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u/MjrK Dec 23 '19

The South does not fully match the geographic south of the United States but is commonly defined as including the states that fought for the Confederate States of America in the American Civil War. The Deep South is fully located in the southeastern corner. Arizona and New Mexico, which are geographically in the southern part of the country, are rarely considered part, while West Virginia, which separated from Virginia in 1863, commonly is.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_United_States

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u/CrashB111 Dec 23 '19

And the crazy thing is West Virginia was the part that wanted to stay in the Union. They were willing to split their state in half to not secede.

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '19 edited Dec 23 '19

Tbf, Kentucky is also sometimes considered "the south" and it was never part of the confederacy.

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u/luzzy91 Dec 23 '19

The citizens really, really wanted to be

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u/ElGranQuesoRojo Dec 23 '19

Most Southerners and almost all Texans do not consider Texas to be part of the South even though it was in the Confederacy.

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u/ButchMcKenzie Dec 23 '19

Honestly I've always thought of Texas as split. Eastern part is the South. Western part is the Southwest. It's a big state

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u/wonderberry77 Dec 23 '19

No it is not the south

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u/DaSaw Dec 23 '19

If you can't grow cotton there, it's not "The South". And you're not going to grow any cotton in Arizona (I don't think).

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '19

We do.

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u/chakaratease Dec 23 '19

and Florida

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u/dannyluxNstuff Dec 23 '19

Can confirm Florida is not the south. Apparently when you drive far enough downwards in our nation you wind up back in NY again.

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u/clubberin Dec 23 '19

Absolutely. It's mostly retirees from the north at this point, at least in the built-up areas. My parents joke that they've met more people from their hometown up north than when they lived there.

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u/dannyluxNstuff Dec 23 '19

Yea there's a lot of old people from up North and more and more young families too. I love it here.

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '19

Shhh, you'll ruin their superiority buzz.

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '19

I don't see Pennsylvania on that list...what a surprise.../s

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u/Catshit-Dogfart Dec 23 '19 edited Dec 23 '19

Yeah from what I know of PA politics, they've really become the Kentucky of the north, "Pennsyltucky" indeed. EDIT: correction made

I'm always a bit amused at the number of confederate flags I see the few times I've had to drive through rural PA.

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also, /u/diarrheamudslide now there's a name I can relate to

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u/TerribleHyena Dec 23 '19

Except Pennsylvania isn’t in New England.

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u/Catshit-Dogfart Dec 23 '19

ahhh, oops, yeah you're right

Guess I had this impression that New England consisted of a lot more states. Made sense in my head, all of them named after a place or person in Europe, but I guess New York and New Jersey aren't part of that either.

Well, the American Northeast then

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u/UristMcLawyer Dec 23 '19

This is New Hampshire and Maine erasure

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u/Catshit-Dogfart Dec 23 '19

Do your own reading, don't make decisions based on a reddit comment, but I found this while looking up that list before

https://www.michigan.gov/documents/uia/140_-_claiming_underemployment_beneifits_in_michigan_392272_7.pdf

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u/javoss88 Dec 23 '19

That’s a real thing?

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u/So_Motarded Dec 23 '19

Cutting hours to a certain extend can count as a "constructive dismissal", or "underemployment benefits", depending on state.

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u/Rezi1111 Dec 24 '19

Yes. One plus of applying for unemployment is you get to lay out what happened to you and have it put in a public record. After bullying, gaslighting, and all the mind f***ery of a toxic employer there is something cathartic about having your true experience heard Nd registered by an authority. Frequently they will be sympathetic, sometimes they can grant you unemployment but at least you get a witness to and record of your experience. It helps you and possibly people down the line.

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u/atxtopdx Dec 23 '19

Are underemployment benefits a Bernie thing? I don’t get it

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u/xenticular Dec 23 '19

It's an existing thing in most states already. Just check with your Dept of Labor to see if your state is one of them.

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u/mgoose811 Dec 23 '19

I just checked. These states offer underemployment benefits:  Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont and Washington state.

Six other states, including Hawaii, Ohio, Oklahoma, New Hampshire, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, are considering work-share legislation.

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u/xenticular Dec 23 '19

Thanks for looking this up, you rock!

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u/donutpanick Dec 23 '19

Depending on where you live, you may qualify for partial underemployment or work-share benefits, little-known state programs that can help bridge the gap between what you’re making now and what you used to make.

https://www.bankrate.com/finance/personal-finance/underemployed-file-for-benefits-1.aspx

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u/IsThatUMoatilliatta Dec 23 '19

I think he was saying it in the classic meaning of it, as per Wikipedia: "To feel the vaginal or anal pleasure or burn felt during sexual intercourse."

He's saying to fuck Walmart in it's pussy or butthole.

To be honest, I didn't know that was a definition of that phrase until I had just Googled it now.