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OMG! IM FIRD! It was an unscientific survey on Yahoo, but it still matters. 14% of men and 11% of women would use an IM to fire someone. What’s the matter with these people? Evidently they did not hear the sarcastic abuse of those who have fired workers en masse using e-mail. What values and priorities usually associated with supervisory work are these people missing?
The rationale for using IM to fire someone appears to be dependent on the use of an emoticon. Well, that resolves the problem. If you use a “happy face” or a “sad face”, according to these people, then it’s OK to send SORRY,YR FIRD. This is the latest in a continuing stream of revelations of how technology is used to insulate people from tough interactions with others. Perhaps this is just a young generation too comfortable with technology. If so, I’m worried about making them supervisors.
Posted on: July 15, 2007 09:16 PM |
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