In the United States? May depend on your location, but as far as I’m aware based on the (large, tech heavy) states where I’ve been in the unfortunate position o

In the United States? May depend on your location, but as far as I’m aware based on the (large, tech heavy) states where I’ve been in the unfortunate position of executing firings and layoffs, probably not illegal. It’s not uncommon for off-boarding procedures to include taking over the terminated employee account to set up email and chat auto responses, which aren’t materially different than “thanks”.