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A 29-year-old Google engineer was killed by a falling tree branch. Alphabet has one of the most generous employee death policies in Silicon Valley
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谷歌软件工程师Angela Lin在优胜美地国家公园不幸遭遇意外,被坠落的树枝击中身亡,年仅29岁。事发时她正与男友及两位朋友一同徒步。男友在现场紧急施救并呼叫救援,但医护人员确认Lin当场死亡。谷歌公司对失去一位深受喜爱的团队成员表示深切哀悼,并向其家人和亲友致以慰问。文章还提及了谷歌公司一项慷慨的员工身故福利政策,包括在员工去世后为其配偶提供十年半薪,以及为子女提供抚养费,该福利对所有员工均适用,不设任职年限要求。

悲剧发生在优胜美地国家公园,29岁的谷歌工程师Angela Lin在与男友及朋友徒步时,被一根突然坠落的粗大树枝击中,当场不幸身亡。男友在事发后立即进行急救并报警,但已无法挽回生命。

谷歌公司官方对Angela Lin的离世表达了深切的悲痛,并表示慰问其家人和亲友。这体现了公司对员工生命的重视和在员工遭遇不幸时的关怀态度。

文章特别强调了谷歌公司一项业界领先的员工身故福利政策。根据2012年的报道,谷歌将向已故员工的配偶支付十年半的工资,且此福利对所有员工,无论其任职时长,均立即生效。此外,谷歌还为已故员工的子女提供每月1000美元的抚养费直至其年满19岁,并为同性伴侣提供同等福利。

Angela Lin是一位在谷歌工作的软件工程师,此前曾在Salesforce工作六年,并拥有得克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的理学硕士学位。她的离世不仅是其亲友和谷歌的损失,也再次引发了对户外活动安全的关注。

    Angela Lin, a Google software engineer, was killed by a falling tree branch in Yosemite National Park on Saturday, July 19. Lin was 29. Google is well-known for its generous death benefits for employees.

Angela Lin, a 29-year-old software engineer at Google, was suddenly killed by a falling tree branch while hiking with her boyfriend and two friends in Yosemite National Park. SFGate was the first to report the story.

After the four friends heard a large crack from the trees, a bunch of small branches fell to the ground—and one big branch struck Angela.

“It was just unimaginable that something like this could occur,” David Hua, Lin’s boyfriend, told SFGate.

Hua told the outlet he closed his eyes when the branches fell but noticed Lin on the ground, with blood pooled around her head, when he opened his eyes. He said he called 911 and performed CPR until a park ranger, and later police, showed up. Emergency responders said the falling branch killed Lin instantly.

A Google spokesperson provided the following statement to Fortune: “We lost a loved and respected member of our team. We’re very saddened by this tragedy, and our hearts are with their family and loved ones.”

While Google wouldn’t corroborate details about their policies surrounding what happens when an employee dies, in 2012, Forbes reported that in the event of an employee’s death, Google will pay half of an employee’s salary to their spouse for 10 years—a benefit that has no tenure requirement. Every employee is immediately eligible for this benefit regardless of how long they’ve worked at the company.

According to that report, Google also provides stock benefits to the spouse of the deceased employee, and also provides $1,000 per month for any of their children until they turn 19 years old.

Google also confirmed to Business Insider in 2012 that same-sex couples receive the same benefits.

Lin had been working as an engineer in the San Francisco area for the last six years—first at Salesforce, and later at Google. She earned her Master of Science degree from the University of Texas at Austin.

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