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Fired Via Instant Message

Posted by michael on from the new-low dept.

JThaddeus writes "Yahoo! news reports that South Korea's third-largest credit card issuer, KEB Credit Service, fired 161 people--a quarter of its workforce--via mobile phone text messages. Hey, at least they got told, right? Afterall, they could have been like Milton."

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  1. Re:Wouldn't it be cheaper by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    and apparently, firing striking workers isn't illegal there

    Why should it be? If you're not working, I'll fire you, plain and simple. There are plenty of hard working people who will take the job.

  2. Re:Wouldn't it be cheaper by Mr.+Piddle · · Score: 0, Flamebait


    This is why labour supports minimum wage, even though it puts many companies out of business.

    The minimum wage is a joke. It is all short-term gain, while driving inflation in the long run. The primary effect of the minimum wage is creating artificially high unemployment rates among the truly poor (if a homeless person had the choice between earning $20 a week or zero...).

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