Fired via Text - so this is where we are now?
I can't find this story online, so my first blog in over 60 days is a straight news story:
Atlanta Area Business Fires Staff Via Text:Facing a federal indictment in Gwinnett County, Access Business Services closed it's doors, and surprised its employees with "virtual" pink slips. Per WSB-TV, employees received notice via text messages that the company was closing permanently, and to not report to work today. However, not all employees received the messages - arriving to a box of letters explaining the firing, and elaborating by stating they "could make no comments on the delayed payroll" due to employees. One employee interviewed by WSB claimed that Access owed them $2,000, for backpay and commissions.
The telemarketing company is under indictment for telephone fraud, related to Access' business practices. Again, per WSB TV, Access sold preparatory exams for the Post Office Exam, which is problematic, because the post office isn't hiring. The court date is scheduled for next month, and the letters left for employees stated Access' closing is related to the court date.
Wow, so yeah - this is where the economy is at now? Via text message?
I hate to say I told ya so....but.....
I've been saying for a while now - that skillset you possess better be mobile, and like a nomad - you'd better be ready to pack your skillset and take it on the road. And make sure you can do what you do no matter WHO you work for....
Better yet - now would be a good time to make it do what it do for YOU. But that's another post.
Meanwhile, where have I been? Since I'm gainfully unemployed, I'm hustling. I left theGig for a better paying Gig, then got downsized. Meanwhle, I'm teaching, and freelancing, and writing and networking - anything to make the ends meet. Or preferably overlap.
I'm an entrepreneur. I'm making it do what it do for ME - but again, that's another post.
Firing via text? I might have to bust the windows out of somebody's car for that one. Real talk.