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Employees Fear Next E-Mail Could Be Their Last
An estimated 10 percent of U.S. companies are sidestepping the task of difficult conversations with employees
By Garry Kranz
Electronic Pink Slips: RadioShack Corp. last year made headlines—and took its
lumps—informing fired employees via e-mail. Apparently that isn’t deterring other
companies. According to a survey by the Marlin Co., a North Haven,
Connecticut-based workplace consulting company, 10 percent of U.S. employees say
their organizations have used e-mail, in lieu of face-to-face meetings, to
notify people about layoffs and firings. The survey provides no examples of
companies following this practice, however. Its “Attitudes in the American
Workplace” survey culled telephone responses from more than 750 people
nationwide. It’s not all bad news, however: 13 percent reported receiving
“flirtatious e-mails” from co-workers.
Workforce Management contributing editor Garry Kranz is based in Richmond, Virginia. E-mail editors@workforce.com to comment.
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