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.

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.