Layoffs by Email Show What Employers Think of Their Workers

Reaction I: Read some history, kids. Large employers treating their workers much worse than this has been a regular thing. For centuries.

Reaction II: Wasn't "fully remote work" a great new perk, that these employees were fighting for, just a few months ago?

many people don't comprehend the security implications of remote work. The potential damage from a malicious insider cannot be understated. Unfortunately, people who just found out they lost their job turn malicious.

Email opened - wait X minutes - cut all network access. Is usually the workflow.

The email usually contains next step actions and is the last communication given before network access is cut. There really is no other way to do this for remote workers.

The last decades show that things get worse. And must change.