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Oct 9 2009, Virgile

Some of Claire Vincent’s colleagues at France Telecom keep a box of anti-depressants on their desks, out in the open. “When things get too much you just pop one,” she said.

Vincent, who is 50, and has been with France Telecom for 27 years. When she...

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