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0 pointsSoftTalker2mo ago0 comments

There's no real way to sugar-coat losing your job. I think an email is as good as anything. Ensures everyone gets the same message at the same time.

0 pointsSoftTalker2mo ago0 comments

There's no real way to sugar-coat losing your job. I think an email is as good as anything. Ensures everyone gets the same message at the same time.

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troyvit2mo ago

I think the headline is not the best headline, but what it meant by "cold" is that there was no advance warning. So like cold-calling somebody, but to fire them, and an email instead.

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Waterluvian2mo ago

Whatever you do, do not ever book a 1:1 meeting on a Friday afternoon for Monday morning titled, "The Future."

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Gualdrapo2mo ago

And traceability.

In a 1:1 meeting you could fire me and say a gazillion things and I'd forget 99.9% of them.

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Quarrelsome2mo ago

I think its very impolite to not do it face-to-face.

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troyvit2mo ago

I think the headline is not the best headline, but what it meant by "cold" is that there was no advance warning. So like cold-calling somebody, but to fire them, and an email instead.

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Waterluvian2mo ago

Whatever you do, do not ever book a 1:1 meeting on a Friday afternoon for Monday morning titled, "The Future."

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Gualdrapo2mo ago

And traceability.

In a 1:1 meeting you could fire me and say a gazillion things and I'd forget 99.9% of them.

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Quarrelsome2mo ago

I think its very impolite to not do it face-to-face.

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