Switched has a new home! Huffpost Tech.

Click here to visit the new home of Switched!

Hot on HuffPost Tech:

See More Stories
AOL Tech

SMS SOS: Text-Messaging's All-Time Most Stupid Moments

by Tom Conlon on June 25, 2009 at 01:59 PM


TEXT IN THE WORKPLACE:
Company Kicks Workers When Down

The Text
 SMS has been popular with Brits far longer than with us Yanks. And yet, it still comes as a shock to learn that one UK company used the medium to inform 2,500 employees that they'd been canned -- way back in 2003, no less!

The Turnabout
 When The Accident Group, Britain's largest personal injury claims firm, shuttered in '03, notification from HR was sent in various SMS messages -- each as shockingly inappropriate as the next. Some workers reported messages saying, "You are being made redundant with immediate effect." Others received additional notes, such as, "Sorry folks im gutted 4 u good luck in ur future careers." One employee was reportedly texted, "Sorry to inform you that you will not be paid today. Don't bother ringing the office." You stay classy, England.

Add your comments

Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments.

When you enter your name and email address, you'll be sent a link to confirm your comment, and a password. To leave another comment, just use that password.

To create a live link, simply type the URL (including http://) or email address and we will make it a live link for you. You can put up to 3 URLs in your comments. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use <p> or <br /> tags.

HuffPost AOL Social News Most Popular