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April 25, 2017 10:55 pm GMT

An Uber engineer died by suicide, and his family blames the company culture

Uber is in the limelight again for another employee horror story after one of its engineers died by suicide. 

The employee's family alleges that workplace stress and racism contributed to a decline in mental health before Joseph Thomas' death.

SEE ALSO: The most cringe-worthy quotes from CEO Travis Kalanick on Uber's sexist work culture

Now his wife, Zecole Thomas, has hired a lawyer to hold Uber accountable and fight for what she thinks her family deserves: workers' compensation benefits. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Uber denied her claim after her husband died in August, nearly five months after working for the company. Read more...

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