Radio Shack Notifies 400 Workers by Email that they're FIRED!!!

[mandy]

RadioShack's management are s

RadioShack Corp. notified about 400 workers by e-mail that they were being dismissed immediately as part of planned job cuts.

Employees at the Fort Worth headquarters got messages Tuesday morning saying: "The work force reduction notification is currently in progress. 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.

Derrick D'Souza, a management professor at the University of North Texas, said he had never heard of such a large number of terminated employees being notified electronically. He said it could be seen as dehumanizing to employees...

full aticle: http://www.ajc.com/business/content/busi...shack.html

[amy]

Unfortunately your position is one that has been eliminated."

Email seems like a perfectly acceptable way to let someone know they've been fired...NOT. 

[BellisimaJ.]

[quote author=amy link=topic=4963.msg22045#msg22045 date=1157047837]

Unfortunately your position is one that has been eliminated."

Email seems like a perfectly acceptable way to let someone know they've been fired...NOT. 
[/quote]

That is really COLD. Especially just prior to a holiday weekend when many people have travel plans. What aspholes. :

[stardust]

[quote author=amy link=topic=4963.msg22045#msg22045 date=1157047837]

Unfortunately your position is one that has been eliminated."

Email seems like a perfectly acceptable way to let someone know they've been fired...NOT. 
[/quote]

When you think about it, there really is NO acceptable way to tell someone they're roadkill.