RE: One reason why firing people via email is a really bad idea

[Blanchard_Michael () emc com]

I thought that was illegal here in the states.  I thought all terminations had to be done in person.  

 Perhaps that is just a corporate policy at many corporations in the US.  I've worked at a few, and all of them we had 
to fire the employees face to face. 


Michael P. Blanchard 
Antivirus / Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, CCSA-NGX, MCSE
Office of Information Security & Risk Management 
EMC ² Corporation 
4400 Computer Dr. 
Westboro, MA 01580 


-----Original Message-----
From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Richard M. Smith
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 6:46 PM
To: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: [funsec] One reason why firing people via email is a really bad idea

I wonder if any of the folks at Radio Shack who got fired in this manner
proceeded to "fire" fellow employees by resending the termination email
message they got with a fake return address.  Hitting an internal email list
could really make for a mess.

Richard

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RadioShack lays off employees via e-mail
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060830/ap_on_hi_te/radioshack_layoffs_1 

Wed Aug 30, 12:52 PM ET 

FORT WORTH, Texas - RadioShack Corp. followed through on its announced plans
to cut about 400 jobs, but the electronics retailer has been forced on the
defensive about its method of notifying laid-off employees by e-mail. 

Employees at the Fort Worth headquarters received an e-mail Tuesday morning
telling them they were being dismissed immediately.

"The work force reduction notification is currently in progress," the notice
stated. "Unfortunately your position is one that has been eliminated."

Company officials had told employees in a series of meetings that layoff
notices would be delivered electronically, spokeswoman Kay Jackson said. She
said employees were invited to ask questions before Tuesday's notification
on a company intranet site.

...

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