It was interesting working in a "high death rate" environment, and seeing the ways different organizations dealt with that. The military (US, especially) seems

It was interesting working in a "high death rate" environment, and seeing the ways different organizations dealt with that. The military (US, especially) seems to rely on tradition. I still think the US Army "last roll call" is among the best. There were contractor and local companies who did basically nothing, and where the big issue was getting personal effects packed up/returned, and risk that final paychecks (or, in some cases, 6+ months of pay held until completion) would be paid out. And some where the loss of enough people led to the company folding, too, so there wasn't even anyone to pay that money. Probably not frequent enough to be meaningful for a silicon valley tech company with mainly 20-50 year old employees, but maybe in an industry with older people (or, in 10-20 years, in tech), there will be companies which differentiate themselves by how they handle this kind of thing. There are some conferences where one of the first parts of the yearly meeting is listing all the former attendees who have died in that year; for the more ee-specific conferences where the average attendee is ~50-60, it's a much longer meeting.