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Fri 06 Jun 2009Text termination - trendy or unprofessional?
IT MAY sound like an urban myth but some managers have actually resorted to sacking people in the recession by phone or text messages. None of your nurturing talent or reviewing career and out-placement options for these “get-on-with it” managers.
It seems to arise when managers carry out large-scale culls of people with whom they have not worked directly and they simply fail to think out the consequences or personal impact. To these people, a brief group e-mail saying little more than “good luck and goodbye” is their answer to communicating job cuts.
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