This layoff could have been an email. Is there a good way to lose your job as a remote worker?

Four years after remote work became the norm for a huge section of the labour force, it appears some companies are still struggling with the etiquette of letting workers go virtually. And amid a cooling labour market and mass layoffs in several sectors, such as media and the tech industry, it's a common situation.

This layoff could have been an email. Is there a good way to lose your job as a remote worker?
A woman drinks coffee while typing on a laptop in a home office

Four years after remote work became the norm for a huge section of the labour force, it appears some companies are still struggling with the etiquette of letting workers go virtually. And amid a cooling labour market and mass layoffs in several sectors, such as media and the tech industry, it's a common situation.