So you get an email explaining you were made redundant and halfway through reading that your laptop locks itself out?
"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.
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?
> What a horrible thing
They offered 6 months severance which dispels any serious notion of 'cruelty'. Substance over form.
Ever sent an email and not had it arrive instantly? 15 minutes is enough wiggle room to clarify that.
When I was involved in a mass layoff, all of the emails went to an email that was going to be cut off.