Pass away after working 8 hours on her notebook at her lap due to overwork...

Hi all,
I know this is month end and you are very busy. But PLEASE take some times to read this...maybe after work or at home.

I came across these 2 blogs that day. A young pretty lady name May Jie(MJ) who worked for our competitor HP in SG has passaway due to overwork. My friend who worked in HP had checked their company address book (just like our SET), and confirm that MJ worked for HP SG, so most probably this is a real story.

Here are the blog addresses :

MJ's Blog(with her last post) : http://pinkmayflower.multiply.com/journal/item/140
MJ's Friend's Blog : http://kaiyan.multiply.com/journal/item/197

From MJ's Friend's Blog:
"Doctor said that she sat down for too long a time and a blood clot formed at her legs. When she tried to stand up, the blood actually shot to her heart, causing her to collapse. Her Mom called the ambulance immediately but even on the way there, she was informed that MJ's condition was critical, asking her to be prepared.

According to her Mom, she was working non-stop for the past 8 hours with the lap top on her lap, replying emails and work related stuff, so this proves what the doctors had examined as well."

From MJ's Blog:
"I came to HP started as an Admin Executive in Sep last year & changing to a Partner Support Manager in Mar just this year.

It's ok for me to wake at 3.30am to start work @ 4.30am everyday in the morning. But never did I realise what kind of stuff were coming towards me... What I face everyday as a partner support manager is having more than 100 emails per day (I'm not joking, they're no good ones), partners from New Zealand practically "screaming" to be served first, getting their orders delivered ASAP, wanting everything, complaining of everything. Month end was the most "exciting" part, you get to go on concalls almost everyday, prepare backlog reports for each concall session which consists of 500 over orders remaining undelivered, investigating item by item.

Only 3 of us managers handling the whole of NZ. All for the sake of a salary just enough to keep myself alive for a month. I'm not earning like the other managers are cos I'm only a contract staff.

I've got myself sick these few days. Had diarrhea last Thu, hurt my knee and was limping badly since last Sunday, had breathlessness since Wed & fainted after work on that day at my office lift lobby, knocked my head against the wall when I fainted, collapsed again last night at home. Now my chest feels really tight & breathing is really tough. Doc just said I'm really stressed out. sigh..... what should I do? Quit? or continue this ultra-super stressful job?

Just yesterday, I received an email from my job agency saying that a contract staff who's working in HP as well, passed away from heart attack, leaving his wife & kids... deja vu? coincidental? a warning sign? I dunno. I don't wanna end up dead for the sake of dough. "

***SO my dear colleagues, please standup and walkaround for awhile after sitting for too long......for your love one's sake pls~~~~~

站長註：
人生的一個大夢是「工作」和「退休」。
這二件事在歷史上是有很大的差異的，而原因則是社會化。農業→工業→商業→....，人失去了直接從大自然取得生活之所需的能力或機會。取而代之的，是為了生存，必須工作，或想辦法賺錢。
而「退休」這件事也很好玩。人為什麼要退休？動物有退休的嗎？而人的退休，是自願的嗎？
在「工作」和「退休」這些事的「約定俗成」上，其實人已經決定放棄自己的許多權力了。
因為這二件事的存在，讓人覺得若不在有限時間內賺到足夠的錢，就會死得很難看。（人還沒死，戶頭已空）
所以大家拼死拼活在搶錢。整個社會還在比誰搶得快，搶得多∼∼
在下位者，過勞爆肝；在上位者，吃香喝辣。更有甚者，把公司當個人提款機的王家「諸」公。
這是大家認同的生命意義嗎？