Should you fire someone over the phone?

Should you fire someone over the phone? Normally, you should never fire someone by phone or email. You should do people the courtesy of having that conversation face-to-face; you are, after all, impacting their livelihood in a very big way. One exception to this is if the person works remotely, in which case a phone conversation would be reasonable.

Normally, you should never fire someone by phone or email. You should do people the courtesy of having that conversation face-to-face; you are, after all, impacting their livelihood in a very big way. One exception to this is if the person works remotely, in which case a phone conversation would be reasonable.