RadioShack Sends Pink Slips via E-mail

RadioShack on Tuesday followed through on plans to lay off 400 employees as part of an effort to cut expenses and become more competitive in the marketplace, but the method in which the firings occurred has some fuming. The company notified employees of their dismissal through e-mail.

"The work force reduction notification is currently in progress...Unfortunately your position is one that has been eliminated," the e-mail read. RadioShack officials defended the decision to e-mail employees rather than hold face-to-face meetings, saying they were given ample notice of the plan and had been invited to ask questions via the company Intranet.