By Quentin Fottrell, Marketwatch
July 1, 2015 | 6:27pm
On May 28 at around 10:40 a.m., Thomas J. Hughes, 29, jumped from the 24th floor of his apartment building in Manhattan. Hughes had worked in investment banking at Moelis & Co. His father, John, said he was under pressure at work and may have used alcohol and drugs to cope. “At a time when he was under stress he probably resorted to illegal drugs, causing this incredibly poor judgment, is probably the best I can say,” he said after his son’s death. According to reports, Hughes attended the private Canterbury School in Milford, Conn., and Northwestern University in Illinois.
One month earlier, on April 16 at around 4:20 a.m., Sarvshreshth Gupta, 22, a technology, media and telecoms analyst at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. in San Francisco, was found in a parking lot beneath his apartment building. The police found an open window to the roof of Gupta’s apartment building. He had, according to an essay by his father Sunil—“A son never dies” —complained about working long hours. “I have not slept for two days, have a client meeting tomorrow morning, have to complete my presentation, my VP is annoyed and I am working alone in my office.” A police report this month ruled his death “suicide by jumping.”
Although the media does focus on people who, at least on paper, appear to have it all, experts say this is also a reminder that depression doesn’t discriminate. While suicide rates overall remain lower among those who have more education, there have been reports of a dozen such cases of suicide of white-collar workers who worked for high-profile financial firms over the last 18 months. “We want people to be aware that this can happen to anyone so people don’t say, ‘They have everything going for them, they can’t be depressed,’” says Lauren Nicholas, assistant professor of health policy and management at the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore.
no job,s
screw it jump.
Moelis & company, Goldman and the list goes on. Private schools and prestigious universities….sound familiar Ridgewood?.. And for what?
For what? 22 and 29 years old and jumping out of windows. Take a real good look at what you people call success.
@ 11.20pm: “You people”. Your comment reeks of jealousy and envy. You are taking a few isolated cases of suicides involving people who happen to have jobs in the financial sector. Yes, it’s a stressful existence, but so are many other professions. The quality of life that comes from having a well paid job is without doubt. I have no doubt that these few poor souls had various contributing factors, such as relationship difficulties, personal debts, substance abuse, low self esteem, etc.
no jobs, don’t be fooled.
11:29, what does “take a real good look at what you people call success” mean? Who are “your people” if not the fine citizens of Ridgewood? What do you call success? Stealing from those “you people” you apparently despise but who probably pay for the food on your table through their taxes?