Hope one of them was the marketing director who greenlit the recent testimonial ads with 40-year olds playing teens. While this isn’t the first time a company fired someone via email, 400 all at once is pretty ballsy. I’m guessing a few of those ex-employees may come back at a later date to ‘update’ management on their job search. I’ll be looking out for that breaking news on CNN. (Via Drudge on Breitbart.)
Tags: advertising, Radio Shack, brands
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actually, it was pretty ballsy. most employers disconnect people's computer before firing them to avoid disgruntled types messing with the systems.
Just so wrong. And so tone-deaf on behalf of a very new management team. Or -- now that I think about it -- is this the new guys' way of setting a bold, new tone for the troops? Either way: still wrong.
Actually the employees were not fired via email. They were simply invited to a meeting. At this meeting they discussed thier future with Radio Shack
I'm all for clarification, but the way it reads in the AP story looks pretty clear:
" RadioShack Corp. notified about 400 workers by e-mail that they were being dismissed immediately as part of planned job cuts.
"Employees at the Fort Worth headquarters got messages Tuesday morning saying: "The work force reduction notification is currently in progress. Unfortunately, your position is one that has been eliminated."
Better let them know then.
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