Is it rude to fire cleaning lady via text?

[Anonymous]

She doesn't have keys so no need to see her. I am planning on giving her severance equal to one cleaning. I prefer not to call since I hate confrontation and she is struggling financially. Just not happy with the cleaning lately and want to do it myself.

[Anonymous]

I think email or text are fine. Preferably email. Seems more business-like.

[Anonymous]

People here will tell you to man up, be and adult, blah blah blah, but I get it. I hate confrontation, too. And I have a tendency to babble, so face to face never goes well.

Do whatever makes you comfortable, OP.

[Anonymous]

Ask yourself the same question.
If you were a cleaning lady ...?

[Anonymous]

I think a text is cowardly. IMO. If you can't fire/hire people like a grownup, maybe you shouldn't have household help.

Time for big girl panties! Call her.

[Anonymous]

What difference does it make how she gets the message. Either way will suck for her. I can see how texting would be easier.

[Anonymous]

Rude? Yes, it's rude to fire anyone via text. Doest it matter? Not so much.

[Anonymous]

If you can afford it, I'd tell her at the end of the cleaning in person and include the severance in her last check/payment.

[Anonymous]

She probably has many gigs and won't care as much as you think.

[Anonymous]

How do you normally communicate with her? If text is your normal way of communicating, I think it is fine. If you normally see her face to face (if you let her in), then I do think you should tell her in person. How are you planning to give her her severance?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do you normally communicate with her? If text is your normal way of communicating, I think it is fine. If you normally see her face to face (if you let her in), then I do think you should tell her in person. How are you planning to give her her severance?

Yeah right. No way the OP of this thread is planning to pay severance! She doesn't even care enough to fire her in person or over the phone!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do you normally communicate with her? If text is your normal way of communicating, I think it is fine. If you normally see her face to face (if you let her in), then I do think you should tell her in person. How are you planning to give her her severance?

Yeah right. No way the OP of this thread is planning to pay severance! She doesn't even care enough to fire her in person or over the phone!

You need to go back and reread OP's post. Particularly the part where she mentions severance.

[Anonymous]

Would you like to be fired via text, OP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do you normally communicate with her? If text is your normal way of communicating, I think it is fine. If you normally see her face to face (if you let her in), then I do think you should tell her in person. How are you planning to give her her severance?

Yeah right. No way the OP of this thread is planning to pay severance! She doesn't even care enough to fire her in person or over the phone!

You need to go back and reread OP's post. Particularly the part where she mentions severance.

[Anonymous]

Next on DCUM.... A cleaning lady posts about the gall of her employer using text messaging to fire her and isn't it cowardly?