When is e-mail not appropriate?
A current poll running on the Noobie web site asks readers which communication method they prefer the most. Choices include standard telephone, cell phone, e-mail, instant messaging and text messaging. As of today, a majority 68.4% of the people who have voted in the poll have selected e-mail as their preferred method of communication.
Which leads to another interesting question. Is e-mail the preferred method of communication for all communication? Certainly not, right? Case in point. I read an article today that RadioShack notified about 400 of its employees via e-mail that they had been layed off. No face-to-face communication. Just an e-mail.
The article does mention that RadioShack company officials told employees in a series of meetings that electronic notifications of layoffs were forthcoming but somehow that doesn’t seem to make it feel any better.
How would you feel if you were delivered this type of message via e-mail?
1 comment for this blog post so far...
February 25, 2008 at 5:33 am
Nicki Laycoax
I agree, this is definitely a time when emails are not appropriate. I send lots of emails, and sometimes, I just feel the need for human interaction. So many things can be taken the wrong way when only sending emails. Convenience isn’t always best!
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