Orange brand in France (Telecom)

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...g-1795171.html

Why are so many France Telecom workers dying?


In the past 19 months, 24 workers have committed suicide. Shocking? Not
when compared to previous years' totals.

By John Lichfield and Alexandra Mauviel

Wednesday, 30 September 2009

Some of the employees of France Telecom – which operates the "Orange"
brand in France – have seen the future. It is black and comfortless. The
latest person to come to that view was a 51-year-old father of two
employed in an Orange call centre who threw himself from a motorway bridge
near Annecy on Monday. His death brought the number of France Telecom
employees who have committed suicide in the past 19 months to 24.


Trades union leaders blame the allegedly brutal management culture of a
company which has transformed itself over a decade from a ponderous state
utility to a leading telecommunications enterprise.

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"Szczepan Kolezniak" <Szczepan_Kolezniak@Polish.Invasion> wrote in message
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> http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...g-1795171.html
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> Why are so many France Telecom workers dying?
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> In the past 19 months, 24 workers have committed suicide. Shocking? Not
> when compared to previous years' totals.
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> By John Lichfield and Alexandra Mauviel
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> Wednesday, 30 September 2009
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> Some of the employees of France Telecom – which operates the "Orange"
> brand in France – have seen the future. It is black and comfortless. The
> latest person to come to that view was a 51-year-old father of two
> employed in an Orange call centre who threw himself from a motorway bridge
> near Annecy on Monday. His death brought the number of France Telecom
> employees who have committed suicide in the past 19 months to 24.
>
>
> Trades union leaders blame the allegedly brutal management culture of a
> company which has transformed itself over a decade from a ponderous state
> utility to a leading telecommunications enterprise.

There may well be a lot of sense in that last sentence.
I can remember the trauma amongst staff when BT was liberalised then
privatised, though I don't think any suicide stats were published...

George

"Szczepan Kolezniak" <Szczepan_Kolezniak@Polish.Invasion> wrote in message
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> http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...g-1795171.html
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> Why are so many France Telecom workers dying?
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> In the past 19 months, 24 workers have committed suicide. Shocking? Not
> when compared to previous years' totals.

Read on - actually less than the French average, which is about double the
UK's.
Same for road accidents.

In Britain we have care in the community for the mentally ill.

In France they have care in your car; the really bad cases are only allowed
on the Boulevard Periphique...

"R. Mark Clayton" <nospamclayton@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> "Szczepan Kolezniak" <Szczepan_Kolezniak@Polish.Invasion> wrote in message
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>> http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...g-1795171.html
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>> Why are so many France Telecom workers dying?
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>> In the past 19 months, 24 workers have committed suicide. Shocking? Not
>> when compared to previous years' totals.
>
> Read on - actually less than the French average, which is about double the
> UK's.
> Same for road accidents.
>
> In Britain we have care in the community for the mentally ill.
>
Which consists of pumping them full of major tranquilisers, i've had a
couple of relatives who spent the rest of their sad lives in that position
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> In France they have care in your car; the really bad cases are only
> allowed on the Boulevard Periphique...
>
Allowing suicide is more honest

Steve Terry