My farewell post...

[CorbinFisher_BD]

At least it wasn't via text message! I'd read that's apparently not too uncommon over in the UK.

[Paco]

At least it wasn't via text message! I'd read that's apparently not too uncommon over in the UK.

how is that any different?
At the very least IM's or text messages are live.

[CorbinFisher_BD]

how is that any different?
At the very least IM's or text messages are live.

Perhaps it's no different.

I wonder if being fired by telegram vs. in-person was faux pas for a long while, so too being fired by phone instead of in person.

Then I wonder if being fired via hard copy letter vs. being fired by phone was considered impersonal.

I wouldn't be surprised if being fired via email and text isn't standard procedure in the none-too-distant future.

Rob and Goldie have worked together for awhile, yet never met one another. Perhaps they have a lot of work-at-home staffers, or different offices in different places with various tasks handled out of each? Maybe e-mail was the standard form of communication within that company for any and everything. Maybe the person who handles the firing wasn't local to wherever it was Goldie worked out of?

There's a lot we don't know.

Either way, of course firing via email blows. But it also blows that people feel they have any business ripping on Rob for his employer's decision, that an internal XonDemand affair is any concern of theirs, and that they even have any right at all to direct criticism towards Rob for what his employer has done, and so forth.

Perhaps, in the new digital information age, firings via e-mail will become more and more common, as unpleasant as that is. Just as having a company's internal issues and affairs aired over an online discussion board is unpleasant yet prone to happen in the modern, digital age.

[Paco]

at no point was I ripping in to or on Rob - I feel for him.

Guess I am an oldschooler because I still expect an employer to do it verbally (via phone or in person).

My bad.

[Fister]

Goldie, your posts have been a delight to read...hope your next job is in the business so I see you back on the boards soon, and best wishes!