France Telecom new deputy chief executive Stephane Richard gives a press conference on October 8, 2009 in Bordeaux, southwestern France. Richard was nominated as France Telecom's number two executive late October 5, after the firm pushed out his predecessor in a bid to appease the workers, who say their lives have been made miserable by stress and the firm's staff mobility policy. The company has seen 24 staff members kill themselves in the last 20 months, many of them leaving notes blaming management decisions or stress at work. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

France Telecom new deputy chief executive Stephane Richard gives a press conference on October 8, 2009 in Bordeaux, southwestern France. Richard was nominated as France Telecom's number two executive late October 5, after the firm pushed out his predecessor in a bid to appease the workers, who say their lives have been made miserable by stress and the firm's staff mobility policy. The company has seen 24 staff members kill themselves in the last 20 months, many of them leaving notes blaming management decisions or stress at work.

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  1. An Orange logo is pictured next to a Sunrise logo at shop selling mobile devices in Zurich November 25, 2009. According to Swiss local media Orange, a France Telecom company, will buy 75 % of the Danish owned Swiss operator Sunrise for 1,5 billions euros.

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  1. France Telecom new deputy chief executive Stephane Richard gives a press conference on October 8, 2009 in Bordeaux, southwestern France. Richard was nominated as France Telecom's number two executive late October 5, after the firm pushed out his predecessor in a bid to appease the workers, who say their lives have been made miserable by stress and the firm's staff mobility policy. The company has seen 24 staff members kill themselves in the last 20 months, many of them leaving notes blaming management decisions or stress at work.
  2. France Telecom new deputy chief executive Stephane Richard gives a press conference on October 8, 2009 in Bordeaux, southwestern France. Richard was nominated as France Telecom's number two executive late October 5, after the firm pushed out his predecessor in a bid to appease the workers, who say their lives have been made miserable by stress and the firm's staff mobility policy. The company has seen 24 staff members kill themselves in the last 20 months, many of them leaving notes blaming management decisions or stress at work.
  3. France Telecom new deputy chief executive Stephane Richard gives a press conference on October 8, 2009 in Bordeaux, southwestern France. Richard was nominated as France Telecom's number two executive late October 5, after the firm pushed out his predecessor in a bid to appease the workers, who say their lives have been made miserable by stress and the firm's staff mobility policy. The company has seen 24 staff members kill themselves in the last 20 months, many of them leaving notes blaming management decisions or stress at work.
  4. France Telecom new deputy chief executive Stephane Richard gives a press conference on October 8, 2009 in Bordeaux, southwestern France. Richard was nominated as France Telecom's number two executive late October 5, after the firm pushed out his predecessor in a bid to appease the workers, who say their lives have been made miserable by stress and the firm's staff mobility policy. The company has seen 24 staff members kill themselves in the last 20 months, many of them leaving notes blaming management decisions or stress at work.
  5. France Telecom new deputy chief executive Stephane Richard gives a press conference on October 8, 2009 in Bordeaux, southwestern France. Richard was nominated as France Telecom's number two executive late October 5, after the firm pushed out his predecessor in a bid to appease the workers, who say their lives have been made miserable by stress and the firm's staff mobility policy. The company has seen 24 staff members kill themselves in the last 20 months, many of them leaving notes blaming management decisions or stress at work.
  6. France Telecom new deputy chief executive Stephane Richard gives a press conference on October 8, 2009 in Bordeaux, southwestern France. Richard was nominated as France Telecom's number two executive late October 5, after the firm pushed out his predecessor in a bid to appease the workers, who say their lives have been made miserable by stress and the firm's staff mobility policy. The company has seen 24 staff members kill themselves in the last 20 months, many of them leaving notes blaming management decisions or stress at work.
  7. France Telecom new deputy chief executive Stephane Richard arribes for a press conference on October 8, 2009 in Bordeaux, southwestern France. Richard was nominated as France Telecom's number two executive late October 5, after the firm pushed out his predecessor in a bid to appease the workers, who say their lives have been made miserable by stress and the firm's staff mobility policy. The company has seen 24 staff members kill themselves in the last 20 months, many of them leaving notes blaming management decisions or stress at work.
  8. France Telecom new deputy chief executive Stephane Richard gives a press conference on October 8, 2009 in Bordeaux, southwestern France. Richard was nominated as France Telecom's number two executive late October 5, after the firm pushed out his predecessor in a bid to appease the workers, who say their lives have been made miserable by stress and the firm's staff mobility policy. The company has seen 24 staff members kill themselves in the last 20 months, many of them leaving notes blaming management decisions or stress at work.
  9. France Telecom new deputy chief executive Stephane Richard gives a press conference on October 8, 2009 in Bordeaux, southwestern France. Richard was nominated as France Telecom's number two executive late October 5, after the firm pushed out his predecessor in a bid to appease the workers, who say their lives have been made miserable by stress and the firm's staff mobility policy. The company has seen 24 staff members kill themselves in the last 20 months, many of them leaving notes blaming management decisions or stress at work.
  10. France Telecom new deputy chief executive Stephane Richard gives a press conference on October 8, 2009 in Bordeaux, southwestern France. Richard was nominated as France Telecom's number two executive late October 5, after the firm pushed out his predecessor in a bid to appease the workers, who say their lives have been made miserable by stress and the firm's staff mobility policy. The company has seen 24 staff members kill themselves in the last 20 months, many of them leaving notes blaming management decisions or stress at work.
  11. France Telecom employees demonstrate on October 7, 2009 in Strasbourg, eastern France, after unions called for two days of strikes and protests. France Telecom's deputy chief executive Louis-Pierre Wenes, architect of a modernisation drive at the former state monopoly that is blamed for a wave of staff suicides, resigned on October 5, 2009. The former state monopoly which employs 100,000 people in France and trades internationally as Orange has undergone major restructuring, which unions say have left workers stressed and demoralized.
  12. A France Telecom employee demonstrates on October 7, 2009 in Strasbourg, eastern France, after unions called for two days of strikes and protests. France Telecom's deputy chief executive Louis-Pierre Wenes, architect of a modernisation drive at the former state monopoly that is blamed for a wave of staff suicides, resigned on October 5, 2009. The former state monopoly which employs 100,000 people in France and trades internationally as Orange has undergone major restructuring, which unions say have left workers stressed and demoralized.
  13. A France Telecom employee demonstrates on October 7, 2009 in Strasbourg, eastern France, after unions called for two days of strikes and protests. France Telecom's deputy chief executive Louis-Pierre Wenes, architect of a modernisation drive at the former state monopoly that is blamed for a wave of staff suicides, resigned on October 5, 2009. The former state monopoly which employs 100,000 people in France and trades internationally as Orange has undergone major restructuring, which unions say have left workers stressed and demoralized.
  14. A person walks past France Telecom employees demonstrating on October 7, 2009 in Strasbourg, eastern France, after unions called for two days of strikes and protests. France Telecom's deputy chief executive Louis-Pierre Wenes, architect of a modernisation drive at the former state monopoly that is blamed for a wave of staff suicides, resigned on October 5, 2009. The former state monopoly which employs 100,000 people in France and trades internationally as Orange has undergone major restructuring, which unions say have left workers stressed and demoralized.
  15. France Telecom employees demonstrate on October 7, 2009 in Strasbourg, eastern France, after unions called for two days of strikes and protests. France Telecom's deputy chief executive Louis-Pierre Wenes, architect of a modernisation drive at the former state monopoly that is blamed for a wave of staff suicides, resigned on October 5, 2009. The former state monopoly which employs 100,000 people in France and trades internationally as Orange has undergone major restructuring, which unions say have left workers stressed and demoralized.
  16. A man holds a placard which reads "France Telecom admits: we ask you to work to death, not to commit suicide" as he attends a demonstration in Lyon, October 7, 2009. France's major trade unions are holding a sixth round of protests against the government's handling of the economic crisis.

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