Bank of America intern dies from overwork at 21

Discussion in 'Wall St. News' started by pikachu9, Aug 20, 2013.

  1. There's a scene in Boiler Room where Giovanni Ribisi cold calls, then hands over the prospect to his licensed senior, Vin Diesel. Forward to 2:01.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nPqJl8tWn0
    You might also like Ben Affleck's conference table speech. "We are not saving the fucking manatees, guys."
     
    #21     Aug 20, 2013
  2. I bet that guy would have died anyway--- not to diminish a terrible situation-- but I bet the actual copying and editing marathon had little to nothing to do with his death. I hang out with defense lawyers and I guess it's influencing my perception. LOL!
     
    #22     Aug 20, 2013

  3. They can't pick up the phone to speak to their Gods? How about following the lead of bud fox meeting gecko in the original Wall Street? Seriously, what is wrong with these people?
     
    #23     Aug 20, 2013
  4. Eventually everyone must pay that price. Death is the price we pay for life. It is non-negotiable.
     
    #24     Aug 20, 2013
  5. Key word being eventually. 'Eventually' comes much sooner for some than others.

     
    #25     Aug 20, 2013
  6. He was too young to die! There's a "Law and Order Criminal Intent" called "Suicide Pact". Working for a Bond Firm who overloads their young workers to the point of a mental breakdown all in the name of money.


    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0629556/


    Wall Street Journal ran articles in the 1980s and 1990s on thirty-year old middle managers dying of heart attacks from work-overload and burnout at alarming rates. I don't remember what the name the psychologist pinned the phenomena at, anyone?


    More WSJ articles based off the research of
    “Age of Angst” Zachary Ortega

    http://books.google.com/books?id=VXINsDT1sFwC&pg=PA275&lpg=PA275&dq=“Age+of+Angst”+(Zachary+and+Ortega+1993)&source=bl&ots=Vyxd-tQ1Vt&sig=JwcGaVM1qwm6ismgtr6umY2v6ko&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1IQlUuCYKay7jALowYHQCg&ved=0CEAQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%E2%80%9CAge%20of%20Angst%E2%80%9D%20(Zachary%20and%20Ortega%201993)&f=false





    One book that might help deal with this:

    http://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Fast-Slow-Daniel-Kahneman/dp/0374533555



    Grandluxe, is Karōshi still killing the younger middle-managers in Japan like the WSJ reported in the 1980s-1990s? I wonder how this is impacting the Chinese workers, with nets around Foxconn, I wonder how the Chinese handle their levels of stress with money now! Famine and War rolled through China for Millenniums, how will stress and anxiety impact them with no outlet of release?
     
    #27     Sep 3, 2013
  7. TraDaToR

    TraDaToR

    I must be a real weirdo. I have never dreamt in my life of "talking to an executive".
     
    #28     Sep 3, 2013
  8. sle

    sle

    The only thing I can add is a quote from Charles Bukowski:
    Slavery was never abolished, it was only extended to include all the colors.
     
    #29     Sep 3, 2013
  9. kut2k2

    kut2k2

    Dying in general is one thing. Dying for some douchebag who is just using you for unpaid or even underpaid slave labor is another thing entirely.

    A few months back I saw some teabagger on TV argue that African Americans should be grateful that slavery gave their ancestors food and shelter "for free". Never before so much wanted to jump into my TV screen and stomp a man like he was a cockroach.
     
    #30     Sep 3, 2013