[Caen, France; October 6. Image via Getty]

A France Telecom employee attends a demonstration in the streets of the French western city of Caen on October 6, 2009 after unions called for two days of strikes and protests. France Telecom's deputy chief executive Louis-Pierre Wenes, architect of a modernisation drive at the former state monopoly that is blamed for a wave of staff suicides, resigned on October 5, 2009. The former state monopoly which employs 100,000 people in France and trades internationally as Orange has undergone major restructuring, which unions say have left workers stressed and demoralized. Board reads : 'Money for workers not for the shareholders'. AFP PHOTO MYCHELE DANIAU (Photo credit should read MYCHELE DANIAU/AFP/Getty Images)