Upon arrival at the scene, officials pronounced Prudhomme dead at 4.55pm, local outlets report, citing Tempe police. 12News reports that Prudhomme’s cubicle was located on the third floor and away from the main aisle.
The employee who spoke to 12News added that multiple people complained of a foul odor but assumed it was due to plumbing problems.
Another employee told the outlet: “It’s really heartbreaking and I’m thinking, ‘What if I were just sitting there? No one would check on me?’” The employee went on to add: “To hear she’s been sitting at the desk like that would make me feel sick … and nobody did anything. That’s how she spent her last moments.”
How is that return to the office working out? People are really killing it! Dieing to get back to their cubes and overlords.
There should be a service that people can sign up for that would have someone call, text, or email to check in on people with no family or friends. That way if something does happen to them, and they do not respond to repeated attempts at checking in, authorities can be notified sooner than 4 days later.
And I bet someone smarter than myself could figure out a way to have the service subsidized so it is not expensive for people to use; especially older folks who may be on a fixed income.
That’s one of the roles that churches, synagogues, mosques, etc. used to have (and still do). As societies have left behind religious institutions, we still haven’t figured out how to replace the many vital social functions that they used to provide.
This is one reason why daily stand ups exist in the tech world. For bigger teams it could be split into groups.
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While that may be true, her cubicle was in an area of the building with not a lot of foot traffic. She clocked in on a Friday and nobody discovered her until after the weekend. Read the article next time before commenting.
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No joke, I could see this. My current workplace wants daily attendance emails from us to calculate how many of us are in the office, and thus estimate productivity that day. It’s asinine.
