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Is there a pattern? This seems to happen way too often in western corporations.

(Here's another example, could give you many more: Suicide of VW whistleblower in 2020: https://www.t-online.de/finanzen/news/unternehmen-verbrauche... - use Google Translate).

Why the 'western' qualifier?

Many many people commit suicide in western countries. That’s the pattern imo.

I’m guessing the stress of pointing the finger at the company and people you’ve worked for and with for 30 years is not insignificant.

Many many people also commit suicide in eastern countries as well, quite often at much higher rates than in western countries.