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<blockquote data-quote="Cezanne" data-source="post: 439662" data-attributes="member: 5104">I decided to get back into this site to put my two cents on the senseless tragic death of a fellow UPSer.&nbsp; Depression is real and will effect most of us in some form or another whether your management or hourly. Please keep an eye on our fellow employees, family and friends. If the only positive thing that Jim&#039;s death would teach us is to stop this stupid &quot;tom and jerry&quot; labor relations system and start treating all people as you would want to be treated.&nbsp; There are no winners in this situation, everybody lost.&nbsp; &nbsp;Several years ago we have a suicide on our building, 15 year employee.&nbsp; Nobody knows why, at work there was no hint to the depth of depression she was in.&nbsp; After we found out about it, nobody talked about, no counseling, nothing, like it never happed.&nbsp; I do remember a situation were it was brought to the attention of manager in the building during conversation and without thinking he remarked that &quot;he half way felt sorry for writing up a warning letter on her&quot;.&nbsp; You should of seen the shocking reaction on the face of a supervisor who informed him over that remark.&nbsp; It is a sickness that all of us have to fight.&nbsp;With the current crisis in the financial markets and all that it retains I expect more and more people feel that their whole world is collapsing on them.&nbsp; Any form of depression has to be treated immediately.&nbsp; &nbsp;Hats off to Tie&#039;s previous post, it hit home on all points.&nbsp; Again I offer my prays for Jim&#039;s family and friends....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cezanne, post: 439662, member: 5104"] I decided to get back into this site to put my two cents on the senseless tragic death of a fellow UPSer. Depression is real and will effect most of us in some form or another whether your management or hourly. Please keep an eye on our fellow employees, family and friends. If the only positive thing that Jim's death would teach us is to stop this stupid "tom and jerry" labor relations system and start treating all people as you would want to be treated. There are no winners in this situation, everybody lost. Several years ago we have a suicide on our building, 15 year employee. Nobody knows why, at work there was no hint to the depth of depression she was in. After we found out about it, nobody talked about, no counseling, nothing, like it never happed. I do remember a situation were it was brought to the attention of manager in the building during conversation and without thinking he remarked that "he half way felt sorry for writing up a warning letter on her". You should of seen the shocking reaction on the face of a supervisor who informed him over that remark. It is a sickness that all of us have to fight. With the current crisis in the financial markets and all that it retains I expect more and more people feel that their whole world is collapsing on them. Any form of depression has to be treated immediately. Hats off to Tie's previous post, it hit home on all points. Again I offer my prays for Jim's family and friends.... [/QUOTE]

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