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DxK to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish · 1 year ago

Boeing Swears They Just Only Hire Suicidal People

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Boeing Swears They Just Only Hire Suicidal People

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DxK to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish · 1 year ago
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Executives at Boeing responded to the mysterious death of a second whistleblower by claiming the company has a longstanding policy of only hiring people with suicidal thoughts and actions.
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    The company has pledged $1,000 to support mental health research and “to stop those sad folks from blowing their brains out or whatever.”

    Gold

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    Chef’s kiss.

  • aeronmelon@lemmy.world
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    “That second suicide definitely wasn’t us.”

  • Hello_Kitty_enjoyer [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    and suicidal passengers

    who reach a vibes-based consensus to drop out of the air every other flight

  • LoamImprovement@beehaw.org
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    I half expect to see “Depressed Boeing employees come forth with shocking allegations, then go up to rooftops” on another one of these sites.

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    Just yesterday they replaced gym with a torture chamber as the workers demanded.

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    Less funny after the news broke yesterday https://www.seattletimes.com/business/whistleblower-josh-dean-of-boeing-supplier-spirit-aerosystems-has-died/

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      This article exists because of that news

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        Ah my bad, thought the article was released yesterday prior to the second case breaking, guilt as charged for not RTFA

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          You’re allowed one per month, don’t let me catch you slacking off again til june

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            Maybe we can get Boeing to concede to a similar cadence of accidents and offings

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              You can’t expect them to improve that much in just one quarter.

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