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What else do you propose during a "lockdown" "shelter-in-place" situation? IMO it's only the name of the meeting that is (potentially) the problem.

• elliekelly 7y ago
  A phone call? Ending the employment relationship isn’t all too different from ending a romantic relationship. How would you feel if your significant other called and dumped you? Not good. How would you feel if your SO notified you of your new relationship status via text? Probably worse. Now how would you feel if your SO sent a mass text message dumping you and several other people at once? Probably a lot worse. Sometimes difficult decisions have to be made but a one-on-one conversation with the person is always preferable to a (mass) notification, in my opinion.
  • zamadatix 7y ago
    Not when it's 22% of the company. After about 30 minutes in EVERYONE is aware people are getting calls about losing their job and spend their day hearing a trickle of rumors on who just got the call and wondering if their phone is going to be the one to ring next. I've yet to see something like this go down better than making it clear up front (e.g. mass meeting) and come out all at once then having the managers follow up after.
  • SilasX 7y ago
    If my SO had elected to break up with me while she had a super-contagious disease with high mortality rate that could be transferred to me by being in her presence, I would definitely prefer that she do it by phone or vidchat, yes! As the parent (tomp) noted, the risk profile is basically that with the SIP situation, so this is an exception to the general rule.