Google's parent company, Alphabet, recently announced that it would lay off approximately 12,000 employees, roughly 6% of its workforce. Employees who were let go, some of whom had worked for the company for many years, got the news via an automated email. In the last few years, tens of thousands of people have been laid off by email from companies in a number of different industries. Many employees feel like it's "cold" and "a slap in the face" to find out about their lay off via email; however, companies argue it's the safest and most efficient way of handling layoffs. They claim informing workers personally is too complicated and potentially risky. One fear companies have is that affected employees might use their internal systems to sabotage the company on their way out. Therefore, employees are often informed via their personal email address after their business credentials have been revoked. What are your thoughts