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> employees they would have to wait 15 minutes for an email about their employment. Those who were terminated had their laptops blocked immediately. So you get

> employees they would have to wait 15 minutes for an email about their employment. Those who were terminated had their laptops blocked immediately. So you get an email explaining you were made redundant and halfway through reading that your laptop locks itself out?

dmoy 1y ago
Presumably it was sent to both corporate and personal email addresses?
- deathanatos 1y ago
  I have yet, in my entire career, to work for an employer that was at all disciplined about sending email that needs to address me, in the capacity of my employment, to the right email address. They almost all default to internal. When I was involved in a mass layoff, all of the emails went to an email that was going to be cut off.
MBCook 1y ago
I took it as they said you’d get an email in 15 minutes but immediately (before then) locked your computer so you wouldn’t be able to read it anyway. Telling people “wait to see if you’re fired” is absolutely cruel. Hold a virtual meeting, even if it’s just to play a video, and hit send on all those emails the instant it’s over. What a horrible thing to do to people. Can’t even do it yourself? Gotta pre-record it?
- genidoi 1y ago
  > is absolutely cruel. > What a horrible thing They offered 6 months severance which dispels any serious notion of 'cruelty'. Substance over form.
  - superb_dev 1y ago
    Sure I stabbed you, but I gave you a million dollars!
- maccard 1y ago
  > and hit send on all those emails the instant it’s over. Ever sent an email and not had it arrive instantly? 15 minutes is enough wiggle room to clarify that.
meindnoch 1y ago
Startup idea: developing a custom login screen for each OS, that is able to display a farewell video, so the user can be immediately locked out.
- jrockway 1y ago
  Microsoft is working on this because they'd be the primary user.
makr17 1y ago
Better than one company I was at. Wednesday-evening meeting to announce that there will be layoffs. "If you are affected you will receive an email by 7am EST tomorrow." Which I summarized in slack as "Sleep well Wesley, I'll likely kill you in the morning." Nobody is getting good sleep that night, at least until the doom hour has passed without an email.

dmoy 1y ago

Presumably it was sent to both corporate and personal email addresses?

deathanatos 1y ago
I have yet, in my entire career, to work for an employer that was at all disciplined about sending email that needs to address me, in the capacity of my employment, to the right email address. They almost all default to internal. When I was involved in a mass layoff, all of the emails went to an email that was going to be cut off.

MBCook 1y ago

I took it as they said you’d get an email in 15 minutes but immediately (before then) locked your computer so you wouldn’t be able to read it anyway. Telling people “wait to see if you’re fired” is absolutely cruel. Hold a virtual meeting, even if it’s just to play a video, and hit send on all those emails the instant it’s over. What a horrible thing to do to people. Can’t even do it yourself? Gotta pre-record it?

genidoi 1y ago
> is absolutely cruel. > What a horrible thing They offered 6 months severance which dispels any serious notion of 'cruelty'. Substance over form.
- superb_dev 1y ago
  Sure I stabbed you, but I gave you a million dollars!
maccard 1y ago
> and hit send on all those emails the instant it’s over. Ever sent an email and not had it arrive instantly? 15 minutes is enough wiggle room to clarify that.

meindnoch 1y ago

Startup idea: developing a custom login screen for each OS, that is able to display a farewell video, so the user can be immediately locked out.

jrockway 1y ago
Microsoft is working on this because they'd be the primary user.

makr17 1y ago

Better than one company I was at. Wednesday-evening meeting to announce that there will be layoffs. "If you are affected you will receive an email by 7am EST tomorrow." Which I summarized in slack as "Sleep well Wesley, I'll likely kill you in the morning." Nobody is getting good sleep that night, at least until the doom hour has passed without an email.