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

[Blanchard_Michael () emc com]

 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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