Boss fires entire staff via text message: 'We will not be opening up for business tomorrow'

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Feb 20, 2025 4:00 PM EST

There is no easy way to fire someone. Just ask the people who hired George Clooney's character in Up in the Air. 

The process of letting someone go at a company is only made simple when that employee has done something egregiously wrong. Otherwise, managers are often left grasping at straws and forced to cough up silly reasons for why so-and-so is expendable. More often than not, it wasn't even your manager's decision. They were probably forced to do someone else's dirty work in order to maintain their own job security. In short, it's a vicious cycle, and there is a reason why firing someone can weigh on the psyche.

Of course, at the end of the day, the person who is hit hardest is the one who's getting let go. Tell that to this boss, who chickened out so much that he could only do the firing from behind the keyboard of his phone…

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    "Our whole staff got eliminated via text"
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  • Here is the full text message this cowardly owner sent to his entire staff with zero advanced warning that the company was in trouble financially. Not only is this a representation of poor management from a moral standpoint, but it's also reflective of this company's complete lack of foresight from a business perspective. One has to wonder how it got so bad that such drastic measures needed to be taken and that those measures would then need to be carried out behind a phone? Clearly, this dude has plenty to be embarrassed about…

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    Store Closure admin 43 The team at has decided to close our operations. Effective today. We will not be opening up for business tomorrow. We are unfortunately laying off the staff. HR will be sending out a follow up email for insurance and if anyone wants to file for unemployment. We appreciate everyone hard work and dedication to the job. We will are willing to help out as a reference if needed. We wish you the best in your future endeavors. NW @ Message 9:28 PM
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    Zero warning, it was sent after the store closed 9:28pm and everyone had left for the night. Gotta love how they can just lay their whole crew off with out giving them a heads up. Also is a zero company to work for. They give about their employees.
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    Old_Banana_Pudding 12 hr. ago . edited 12 hr. ago How big of a company? Which state? Just saying if over 100 employees they need to give 60 days warning etc.
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    Individual states can, and often do add on to that. Like in a previous post today Iowa had the limit at 25+ employees and 30 days notice, and then referring to the federal level thing at 100+ employees.
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    SeriouslyNotAGoodGuy 13 hr. ago Your manager knew months ago...
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    _autumnwhimsy 11 hr. ago. i will say, back in the day i worked at a retail store that closed all their brick and mortars 2 days after Christmas and my store. manager was there standing at the front door reading the notice some 3rd party taped to the door just as confused as the rest of us openers. Sometimes, especially in situations like this, they don't.
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    grilledcheese2332 12 hr. ago This is why you never give 2 weeks notice
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    RealisticSituation24 11 hr. ago This exactly. I've been without a job cause they suddenly closed shop. I won't give a place a 2 weeks notice. I lie in every interview when asked. them
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    Backlotter 11 hr. ago "a follow up email if anyone wants to file for unemployment" what? Nobody needs a email from HR to file for unemployment insurance. That's not how that works.
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    You go online, or down to the employment security office, and you fill out a claim to tell them you were laid off. End of story. HR has nothing to do with that.
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    Ghost Nation03 13 hr. ago Why is ur work group chat on telegram lol
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    d-cent 12 hr. ago The subtly of putting in "if anyone wants to file for unemployment" and "help out as a reference if needed" is gross
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    Caver214 11 hr. ago At my company they did a layoff by locking out the computers when they try to log in. People came in the morning to find their user name and password were removed. People went outside upset bc they couldn't login.
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    O svenguillotien · 11 hr. ago Hate to judge, but this person really really should have put this text through a word processor or something before mass-firing people with this embarrassing wall of text
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    Fragment sentences, quite literally zero commas, missing apostrophes, the phrase "we will are willing to help", just like really bad overall, frankly
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    i8yourmom4lunch 11 hr. ago And by "team" they sure as don't mean you But when it's about staying late and pulling extra then it's "teamwork"
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    - MaadMaan Maatt 11 hr. ago But workers need to give two weeks notice
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    • Horror-Activity-2694 11 hr. ago At least they told you. I worked at a pizza place when I was like 18. Showed up to work. It was closed. After many calls, I found out they closed permanently and didn't tell me.
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