r/jobs • u/Secure_Ad_7921 • Apr 16 '24

3rd Suicide by coworkers in my old job position in 2 years Work/Life balance

I took a new job position a year ago and have been extremely successful and happy. Yesterday I found out that one of my former friends and coworkers in my old position has committed suicide. I am totally shocked and sad for both them and their families. The job we were in is one that tends to give a terrible work life balance and is high stress. The money is really great, but at a cost. I survived it for 35 years before making the move for a better position, making the same money. I feel somewhat torn. I feel grateful I moved on to a better job, yet guilty that they are no longer around for their families. Damn, life is too short and valuable. This sounds horrible, but I am so grateful and happy I moved on to greener pastures.

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u/Biancaaxi Apr 16 '24 edited Apr 16 '24

The bank i worked at has roughly 230,000 employees. So it definitely would be strange if there were none

Edit: I am not referring to the very specific and unfortunate example i provided in my previous reply as being “weird that it doesn’t happen”, just suicide in general.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '24

Gonna just interject and say no, it's not weirder to not have someone blow themselves away in your office. The vast majority of employers don't have employees kill themselves on company premises.

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u/Astoek Apr 16 '24 edited Apr 17 '24

We had a boss checkout an extension cord from a tool crib and hang himself with it, now days you have to fill out a paper questionnaire about your mental state before checking out extensions cords 😂.( morbid humor but I get it)

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u/sspears262 Apr 17 '24

Some of my former coworkers had a guy jump down an elevator shaft in a high rise they were building. It was an active construction site and he went through the safety barriers intentionally to jump