The Brittany Peach (her real surname is Pietsch) viral video contains a couple of lessons for companies and employees, or soon-to-be-former employees (for the terminally unhip, Ms. Peach videoed her participation in a Zoom call terminating her employment from Cloudfare, an internet security company).
Much of this has been discussed in various HR forums, so I will keep this brief.
For employers: 1. Usually, but especially for entry-level positions like this one, a supervisor should provide the termination notice directly. Hiding behind human resources representatives, as Cloudfare did here, is classless and pointlessly humiliating for the employee. 2. Employers should also be prepared to provide some specifics to the employee as a basis for the termination decision-another reason to have the supervisor involved-so that even if there is not agreement as to the decision, there might be understanding. Even in at-will circumstances such as this one, an employee is entitled to know what they did wrong, which may allow them to remedy the problem with their next employer. 3. In any type of meeting like this you should expect to be recorded.
For employees: Unless you have a firm expectation of financial solvency for the next 20 or 30 years of your life, don't do this. Ever.
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