THE ULTIMATE JOB INSULT

Fired by email - what's this work world coming to? Several hundred Radio Shack employees have started dusting off their resumes after learning their job fate this week electronically. Though they had advance warning of layoffs in the air, can you imagine the shock when you log on to your computer and find out you've been permanently logged off?

In this fast-paced electronic age, we seem to have lost our human touch and compassion. Is this firing by email another new job trend we just have to get used to?