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Fired from work

Isadora

I was fired from my work. They let me know in the WhatsApp group chat. I'm a bit dismayed as I worked really really hard. I did a lot for them and now they've told me I'm not going back. I don't know what to say back to them in the chat. Quite hurt by this.

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  • I am not surprised you feel hurt. Being fired from your job is horrible enough, but for you to be notified via a WhatsApp group chat is, quite frankly, appalling.

    If I was in your shoes, I'd be inclined to look upon it as a blessing. Do you really want to be working for an employer who thinks it's acceptable to fire people via WhatsApp?

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  • I am not surprised you feel hurt. Being fired from your job is horrible enough, but for you to be notified via a WhatsApp group chat is, quite frankly, appalling.

    If I was in your shoes, I'd be inclined to look upon it as a blessing. Do you really want to be working for an employer who thinks it's acceptable to fire people via WhatsApp?

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  • in reply to Sporadic Sparkly

    It’s not fair on people, but via email or remotely is something employers often do when they have to let a lot of staff  go very quickly. Because if you have to sack 50+ people within the space of a day you do not have time for individual meetings to tell each one that they’re getting sacked. And if you gather 50+ people in a room and tell them all together they're getting sacked, well employers tend to find this very intimidating and so they prefer to do it over email.

    this kind of thing happens when a company decides say a whole factories is so un economic in order to save money they have to close it right away without any delay. and of course they can’t spend a lot of time having a lot of managers of the factory bring people in and telling them 1 on 1 that they’re being sacked because the managers are being sacked too.