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Subject:RE: Layoff logistics and etiquette From:"Ehr, Meg" <Meg -dot- Ehr -at- smartworks -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 23 Oct 2001 11:34:05 -0400
Bonita White said:
>once I worked for a company that notified everyone that they were being
laid off by disconnecting their voice mail. If you came in on Monday and
had voice mail, you were safe; if you couldn't access your voice mail, you
were laid off.
Heh. A few weeks ago, someone at the parent company -- which has had a
couple of rounds of layoffs this year -- managed to drop a significant
number of names from the corporate Outlook address book. Managers had to go
to the individuals dropped to tell them that it was just an accident, and
that they were in fact to report to work the next day...
Meg Ehr
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