French Suicides Up - Workplace Stress


	French Suicides Up - Workplace Stress

Kelika

11-1-2009 2:54 PM

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11-2-2009 3:24 AM

mcsmithblack

French wine isn't what it used to be....

11-2-2009 4:43 AM

smellydiaper

could be they are just now learning that the french themselves rounded up the jews for the nazi's in ww2.

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A short workweek and the prospect of early retirement. Job-protection laws that make it almost impossible to get fired. Seven weeks of holidays and vacation time a year. Oh, and paid lunches.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-france-stress1-2009nov01,0,5392579.story?page=1"><DIV>A wave of suicides at the country's largest telecommunications firm has unnerved France, long viewed by many outside the country as a cushy haven for employees. Experts say the incidents are the most visible examples of the growing phenomenon of stress-induced illness in the country.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-france-stress1-2009nov01,0,5392579.story?page=1"><DIV>At France Telecom, for instance, D'Iribarne found that many of the employees had to change job positions every three years on average, often with little notice, in order to better adapt to a changing market. </DIV></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-france-stress1-2009nov01,0,5392579.story?page=2" href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-france-stress1-2009nov01,0,5392579.story?page=2" style="font-size: 11px;">www.latimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-france-stress1-2009nov01,0,5392579.story?page=2"><DIV>
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