Fb worker dies after obvious suicide at corporate’s Menlo Park headquarters

An worker of Fb died by way of obvious suicide Thursday morning, Menlo Park police reported and the corporate showed. “We were saddened to learn that one of our employees passed away at our Menlo Park headquarters earlier today,” a Fb spokesperson advised TechCrunch in an e mail. T…
An employee of Facebook died by apparent suicide Thursday morning, Menlo Park police reported and the company confirmed. “We were saddened to learn that one of our employees passed away at our Menlo Park headquarters earlier today,” a Facebook spokesperson told TechCrunch in an email. T…

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