A 33-year-old Google employee hanged himself in a New York City apartment in the Chelsea neighborhood near the tech company’s offices – the family asked people to donate to a mental health fund.
- Jacob Pratt, 33, was found dead in his Chelsea home on Feb. 16, and appeared to have hanged himself, an NYPD source said.
- Pratt was a co-president at the company and has been for a year and a half. He started at Google as an agency manager in May 2019
- His death comes as Google has laid off nearly 12,000 of its employees worldwide. It is unclear whether Pratt was discharged before his death
A 33-year-old Google employee hanged himself in his New York City home near the tech company’s headquarters.
Jacob Pratt was found dead in his Chelsea home on February 16 and appeared to have hanged himself, an NYPD source told the New York Post. His family is now appealing for people to donate to a mental health fund.
His death comes as Google has laid off nearly 12,000 of its global workforce. It is unclear whether Pratt was discharged before his death.
According to his LinkedIn profile, Pratt was a co-president at the company and has been for a year and a half. He started at Google as an agency manager in May 2019.
“His interests in advertising and technology led him to a dream job as an accounting manager at Google in Manhattan,” his obituary said.
Jacob Pratt (who was with his mother) was found dead in his Chelsea home on February 16 and appeared to have hanged himself, an NYPD source said.
According to his LinkedIn profile, Pratt was a co-president at the company and has been for a year and a half. He started at Google as an agency manager in May 2019
Authorities were called to his West 26th and Sixth Avenue home around 6 p.m. in mid-February and found him unresponsive.
“Upon arrival, officers observed a 33-year-old male unconscious and unresponsive,” a source told the Post. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The police are currently investigating the incident and the medical examiner’s office has not officially announced the cause of death.
His family is now asking for donations to Make-A-Wish Michigan and the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
‘To honor his life, and in lieu of flowers, please consider donating to this fundraiser,’ his sister Jenna Pratt wrote. ‘These two charities represent our son and brother and the heart he had for the people around him.’
His death comes as Google has laid off nearly 12,000 of its employees worldwide. It is unclear whether Pratt was discharged before his death
His family is now asking for donations to Make-A-Wish Michigan and the National Alliance on Mental Illness. GoFundMe, which is no longer accepting donations, has raised nearly $12,000
GoFundMe, which has stopped accepting donations, has raised nearly $12,000.
A celebration of his life will be Feb. 28 at Riverview Church’s REO Town Venue in Lansing, Michigan, at 11 a.m. This will be followed by lunch, where ‘Jake’s favorite food’ – pizza – will be served.
Google parent company Alphabet is cutting 12,000 jobs in the latest wave of white-collar layoffs sweeping the tech sector, it was revealed last month.
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet, said the loss affected teams within the company including recruiting and other corporate functions, as well as some engineering and product teams.
The downsizing comes just days after rival Microsoft Corp said it would lay off 10,000 jobs, and Amazon began laying off 18,000 workers as the “wealth” engulfs the world’s biggest companies.
The most in-demand workers now are white-collar workers, while white-collar workers have seen the biggest job losses in the past year.
Those in this field call the phenomenon ‘rich’.
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