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Facebook had an engineer commit suicide and the company tried to cover it up. Going as far as firing an engineer that spoke up about it - https://www.vice.com/e
by andreilys 6y ago
Facebook had an engineer commit suicide and the company tried to cover it up. Going as far as firing an engineer that spoke up about it - https://www.vice.com/en/article/qvgn9q/do-not-discuss-the-incident-facebook-told-employee-fired-after-speaking-about-worker-suicide https://www.vice.com/en/article/qvgn9q/do-not-discuss-the-in...
So yes, this does happen. Typically to visa workers who are easily exploitable due to their precarious status in the country.
- mooreds 6y ago> Typically to visa workers who are easily exploitable due to their precarious status in the country. This is the key point about this experience to me. The fact was that without the visa situation, the author would have had many more choices. Unfortunately, it seems like the lack of viable alternatives was taken advantage of to the hilt (and presumably the author wasn't the first or last employee so affected).
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- trustfundbaby 6y agoSame thing at Uber https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/04/27/is-uber-culture-to-blame-for-an-employees-suicide/100938330/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/04/27/is-uber-...
- Apocryphon 6y agoApple had its own tragedy, but the details are unknown. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-death-idUSKCN0XP383 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-death-idUSKCN0XP383