--- title: "Employee Found Dead in Cubicle After Apparently Dying There Days Earlier" description: "Final Swipe In a late-stage capitalist tragedy, an Arizona bank employee was found dead in her cubicle after clocking in on a Friday and apparently never clocking back out. As Arizona's KPNX local broadcaster reports, Tempe police are investigating the death of 60-year-old Wells Fargo employee Denise Prudhomme after her body was found at her desk […]" date: "2024-09-01" modified: "2024-09-01" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/employee-found-dead-cubicle" categories: - "Future Society" tags: - "death" - "labor" - "the digest" - "Wells Fargo" --- # Employee Found Dead in Cubicle After Apparently Dying There Days Earlier ![An Arizona bank employee was found dead in her cubicle days after her death after clocking in on a Friday and never clocking back out.]() *\Image: Getty / Futurism\* ## Final Swipe In a late-stage capitalist tragedy, an Arizona bank employee was found dead in her cubicle on Tuesday — after clocking in on a Friday and apparently never clocking back out. As Arizona's [*KPNX* local broadcaster reports](), Tempe police are investigating the death of 60-year-old Wells Fargo employee Denise Prudhomme after her body was found at her desk last week, and officials believe she may have died there up to four days prior. Building records indicated that Prudhomme had scanned into the Wells Fargo corporate office where she worked at around 7 am on August 16 and never scanned back out. Police came to the scene on August 20 after security workers found her unresponsive, and she was declared dead upon arrival. With her cubicle on the building's third floor away from the main aisle, it seems that the unfortunate worker may have died at some point during the work day that Friday and was quite literally left to rot over the weekend before anyone noticed. What's worse, several employees had — per an anonymous employee who spoke to the local NBC affiliate — complained of a foul odor coming from the area surrounding her desk, but it was presumed to have come from faulty plumbing. ## Indirect Address While most of the people in Predhomme's office reportedly work remotely, the same concerned worker told *KPNX* that the bank employs 24-hour security and that Prudhomme's body should have been discovered sooner. "That's the scary part," the employee told the news outlet. "It's negligence in some part." Tempe police have not released many details about Prudhomme's cause of death beyond saying they don't currently suspect any foul play was involved. Nevertheless, this is a chilling cautionary tale that, per the anonymous employee who spoke to the *NBC* affiliate, Wells Fargo hasn't spoken to employees about. "I'm just wondering," the worker said, "why they didn't formally address employees about it?" In a statement to *KPNX*, the bank said that it is "deeply saddened by the tragic loss of our colleague at our Tempe office," and directed staff to speak to its Employee Assistance Consulting service for support. Boilerplate statement aside, the lack of dignity in Prudhomme's death is shocking, and likely going to be remembered by the workers who found her and who have spoken out, albeit anonymously. "It's really heartbreaking and I'm thinking, 'What if I were just sitting there?'" a Wells Fargo associate told the news station. "No one would check on me?" **More on workplace tragedy:** *[Death Reported At Tesla Factory]()* ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()