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Mikelightman t1_jdaa5dn wrote

Can we go back to a time when people didn't get shitcanned over email?

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Kyanche t1_jdbel10 wrote

As long as they pay a big lump sum severance, what's wrong with getting shitcanned over email?

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Mikelightman t1_jdcb7m2 wrote

Because it's a cruel & disrespectful way of dismissing people. Plus, most people will never get any severance, let alone a big payment.

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DevAway22314 t1_jddcq45 wrote

Honest question, why?

If I'm getting laid off, I'd rather an email. It allows me to collect my thoughts and respond in a way that is optimal for me. It also let's me avoid showing any emotion that could cause problems for me

To clarify: If I got laid off today, I'd be pretty happy about it. If my boss was having a difficult conversation laying me off and I'm obviously happy about it, it might sour any future working relationship. It's not my boss necessarily making the decision, and there are many former bosses who have moved to other companies that I'd be happy working with again

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Mikelightman t1_jddq7t0 wrote

that's fair. It's probably a personal preference. I feel like it's just another way that companies dehumanize their employees and treat them like broken toys. In my mind, the company gets to write a stilted robotic email devoid of any humanity and I'm left to float away in space. I've got a family, so if I got laid off, I'd be fucked. it's just harder processing it all alone.

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misterjustin t1_jdezg4e wrote

But most of these people work from home by choice. I’d say it would be more humiliating to be called into an office you rarely visit and see people you might never have met in person only to be fired.

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Mikelightman t1_jdfstkf wrote

>But most of these people work from home by choice.

That's a huge assumption and also completely irrelevant.

As someone who's experienced both, they're both equally but differently humiliating and depressing.

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