I live in PA myself and I got terminated via phone. I've said it before and I'll say it again. Firing someone by phone is not the smartest thing in the world to do but from an employer's point of view it is the safest because while employers do lack conscience they do have fear that a terminated individual might retaliate in a grisly way.Beth3 said:Nope. If the employer wants to notify an employee of their termination by carrier pigeon, they may.
I thought you had the right to confront your employer or something to those regards. I think you're thinking about the defendant in a criminal trial who has the right to confront his or her accuser. That does not apply here.
Valid point. It's just that when I was a crew leader my boss used to tell me "While firing someone by phone is legal and safe, it also shows cowardice, unprofessionalism and(by way of extension) dishonesty. Be A Pro Always. That's part of what being a higher-up is all about. Another part of being an effective higher-up is to do your very best not to let personal feeling or conscience get in the way no matter what the reasoning is for terminating an employee." He's dead almost a year but his words are those I will live by if I ever get another chance to be in a leadership position.Beth3 said:On the other hand, letting an employee report to work just so that you can fire him or her has always struck me as an unnecessary thing to do. Unless there's something to discuss or the employee has personal belongings to collect, saving the employee the trip is hardly an unconscionable thing to do.