Google engineer jumps to death in NYC, second worker suicide in months
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Re: Google engineer jumps to death in NYC, second worker suicide in months
#2RIP. I hope it's not related to the work env...
Re: Google engineer jumps to death in NYC, second worker suicide in months
#3Sad to see such talented people take their life. Until a further investigation is made, it's hard to determine the cause. Getting into Google can be the pinnacle of one's life and ending it there is certainly symbolic.
Edit: Upon further reading, how do we know exactly they jumped if there's no video evidence? Was it an accident? The article does not state enough.
Re: Google engineer jumps to death in NYC, second worker suicide in months
#4RIP. I hope it's not related to the work env...
Full back to the office? I am experiencing it right now and honestly hate it. After work in quiet room alone for couple years I am forced to sit with another 11 individuals in open office. My mental state is really bad. There is only one solution - find new job. I even don’t care anymore about my stocks vesting in autumn.
Re: Google engineer jumps to death in NYC, second worker suicide in months
#5RIP. I hope it's not related to the work env...
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Re: Google engineer jumps to death in NYC, second worker suicide in months
#6RIP. I hope it's not related to the work env...
Please forgive a tangent on this terrible news, but do Google and Waymo share the same office building in NYC?
Re: Google engineer jumps to death in NYC, second worker suicide in months
#7RIP. I hope it's not related to the work env...
Full back to the office? I am experiencing it right now and honestly hate it. After work in quiet room alone for couple years I am forced to sit with another 11 individuals in open office. My mental state is really bad. There is only one solution - find new job. I even don’t care anymore about my stocks vesting in autumn.
Till you find a new job try listening to white noise on your headphones, it mitigates some of the open office shittiness.
Re: Google engineer jumps to death in NYC, second worker suicide in months
#8Sad to see such talented people take their life. Until a further investigation is made, it's hard to determine the cause. Getting into Google can be the pinnacle of one's life and ending it there is certainly symbolic. Edit: Upon further reading, how do we know exactly they jumped if there's no video evidence? Was it an accident? The article does not state enough.
Certainly given the information available one can make a fuzzy speculation on the cause.
The cause likely has to do with Google and the location given that this is the second suicide from the same company and location.
Re: Google engineer jumps to death in NYC, second worker suicide in months
#9Sad to see such talented people take their life. Until a further investigation is made, it's hard to determine the cause. Getting into Google can be the pinnacle of one's life and ending it there is certainly symbolic. Edit: Upon further reading, how do we know exactly they jumped if there's no video evidence? Was it an accident? The article does not state enough.
Identifying with your employer to the extent you view it as the pinnacle of your life isn’t likely to end positively. It’s just too much control to cede to a third party who has a business relationship with you.
Re: Google engineer jumps to death in NYC, second worker suicide in months
#10Without an understanding of their motive, I think tying "google" to a person's mental health crisis is clickbait.
Folks dealing with mental health issues might end their lives for a variety of factors. This is very sad to hear, but the headline (and article) that attempts to connect an employer to a person's death without any evidence is unfair.
Note: I do not work for Google.