Current Staffer Jumped Off Bridge

Shit nobody saw it coming and they coldly just tells you goodbye.that is F ed up.

WOW. Tick-tock, how long until this article is removed? This is messed up man.

I can't believe Current killed your friend, those... bastards.

Can he be contacted to provide further information? This cannot go ignored.

That's terrible. :( But anyone who lets the loss of a single job affect their entire life has a bit of trouble already, I think.

i notice this same user uploaded a bunch of anti-current articles today, it looks shady, pissed off ex-employee much? Lot's more people are also out of jobs dude....

Yeah, this is getting axed. Current doesn't tolerate anything that runs counter to their interests.

One less carbon burner. Isn't that algor's ultimate goal??? Just asking.

Little vague on the suicide....hope that angry young man wasn't making it up...start ups are a bitch...but learning how to let someone go w class is an art

Man I'm so sick of hearing that same exact quote about WARN over and over again. If it really bothers you, call the police or whoever can investigate. Stop bitching about it to us, we don't care.

I'm pretty sure Current doesn't *like* laying off its workforce. But if you have more employees than you need, it just doesn't make any sense to keep them.

Moreover, getting laid off, no matter how "unprofessionally" it was carried out, is hardly an excuse for suicide.

Interesting story JonRaymond... even if it is just for the 50 people who see it before it gets squashed into cyber oblivion by the Current Mod Squad.

My guess is current thinks it will make this guy look like a douche' if they leave the story on for awhile. Then they can write him off peaceably as just another p=====d off ex-employee ranting and raving. Companies have been getting around the act the same way for a long time. Try posting a peer-reviewed article about how easy it is to do this and maybe a link to an article about a company that got caught recently. If you must rant give yourself some more credibility. If you have case present it with some professionalism, don't damage it like this. Basic law... think about it.

Too bad they have left in place those enemies of true freedom and free speech. The censors, the goodie-two shoe nannyist brown-nosers who say their pledges and think they are "politically correct" All the while they overlook that suppressing free speech just increases violence, since that is it's alternative.

I may disagree with their programming decisions and actually how some on this site favor a few over the many, but really: It's a website. I think some are blowing this out of proportion. Either that or someone just wants to implicate Al Gore in something else for another reason. Losing your job indeed sucks, I know, it's happened to me. But I moved on, looked for another job, and lived my life. This does sound like classic sour grapes.

why does the post link go to a post, website unrelated to this post?

I just got laid off a couple weeks ago, it's nothing new, pick yourself up and live your life. In this day and age, alot of people are getting laid off. You make it sound like the end of the world, it's not. Get over it.

i blame the rescission... but current is cool :D

How is it unprofessional to fire people? That's kind of what happened all this year and the end of last year.

In my industry they let go of an entire floor with no warning.

Is California a state where you have to give two weeks notice? Texas is not. I can quit when I want and they can fire me when they want.

And I know how people won't read something unless the title is attention grabbing, but when a suicide is used in such a manner it does make me sick. Anyone committing suicide is doing so for many reasons and the job isn't the main one....it's just the straw that broke the camel's back.

this guy j_jammer seems to know it all.

Ahem, tap ... tap ...tap ... is this thing on? Okay, um, THERE IS A RECESSION GOING ON!! A lot of people have been laid off. It sucks. It's terrible. But it's life. We are ALL trying to make it through these tough times. NEWS FLASH: Current is a business trying to stay afloat, too. I'm sorry if this ex-staffer killed himself over this. I'm really, really sorry. But I also don't think that Current is some evil empire trying to crush all in it's path. Sell that garbage to someone else. I ain't buying.

NEWS FLASH - The economy is circling the drain, and most companies are doing this to stay afloat. Maybe someone working at a news company would keep up with such things. It's like a psychic saying "I didn't see that coming." I also agree with Elligirl, to take this so personally that you end your life reveals some underlying personal problems.

Those changes a while back were symptoms of a new sucky current. The front page got all interfered with so it was no longer the same site nor same values at all. No longer a user voted and supplied forum. They axed people they didn't agree with according to their political or religious agendas. Instead of a news source it has become just another "program you" site. You can only say something if it doesn't offend anyone. And if anyone claims you are a hater, they just call you a hateful bigot and banish you. Free speech prevents violence!