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RE: One reason why firing people via email is a really bad idea
From: Blanchard_Michael () emc com
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 14:19:27 -0400
yah, if not illegal, certainly de-humanizing and it would certainly seem like a really bad practice. I certainly wouldn't want to fire or lay-off anyone in IT via e-mail.... I could hear it now... "oops, I accidentally deleted the exchange GAL before I left the building" "Oops, I accidentally fell and destroyed the financial and payroll server, it's really a shame we never had a good backup too" 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: Brian Loe [mailto:knobdy () gmail com] Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 1:42 PM To: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu Cc: Blanchard, Michael (InfoSec); funsec () linuxbox org Subject: Re: [funsec] One reason why firing people via email is a really bad idea This wasn't a firing, as I understood it, it was a lay-off. Feels the same when you're the one going out the door but so far as HR requirements and Department of Labor concerns go, often even in the context of corporate policy (or the semi-legally binding employee handbook), they are two totally different animals. On 8/31/06, Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu <Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu> wrote:
On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 10:12:47 EDT, Blanchard_Michael () emc com said:I thought that was illegal here in the states. I thought all terminations had to be done in person.I don't know that it's a *law* that you must do so.
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- One reason why firing people via email is a really bad idea Richard M. Smith (Aug 30)
- RE: One reason why firing people via email is a really bad idea Blanchard_Michael (Aug 31)
- Re: One reason why firing people via email is a really bad idea Valdis . Kletnieks (Aug 31)
- Re: One reason why firing people via email is a really bad idea Brian Loe (Aug 31)
- RE: One reason why firing people via email is a really bad idea Blanchard_Michael (Aug 31)
- Re: One reason why firing people via email is a really bad idea Brian Loe (Aug 31)
- Re: One reason why firing people via email is a really bad idea Valdis . Kletnieks (Aug 31)
- RE: One reason why firing people via email is a really bad idea Blanchard_Michael (Aug 31)