Informing Employees Their Co-worker Has Been Terminated
amyliechty
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I'd like some feedback on what to say to employees whose co-worker has just been terminated. I know this situation can be a sensitive one and can cause other employees to feel uncomfortable.
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Whenever we loss an employee, we communicate that to all employees through the company. We send an email blast at the end of each week to all employees notifying them of employees no longer with the company. This accomplishes multiple things: 1)allows all employees to know who is here and who is not, 2)increases safety and reinforces our policy about vistors and people with our secruity badges, and 3)gives employees an open opportunity to disucss with managers and HR (if needed) any feelings about the open position and the business as a whole.
It's not neccessary to communicate the details about the termination and up to the department manager of the terminated employee to fully communicate how the job responsibilies are going to be handled in the absence of the employee. Notifying employees of terminated employees has never sparked a mass-resignation from other employees who feel "jumpping ship" is the solution. Our turnover rate has never been seen as a negative towards the company from other employees. They tend to not be effected by the termination, either voluntary and involuntary, of another employee.