CHESTER, England, March 12 (UPI) -- Four employees of a British firm received text messages on their mobile phones indicating they were being fired, effective immediately. The managing director of Stanley Porters and Co. Ltd, in Chester sacked the four at 7:45 a.m. and told them not to come to the office to collect their belongings," The Chester Chronicle reported. "Due to the lack of professionalism and poor overall performance of the Chester office, I hav no option but to let u go," the message from Lee Wilson allegedly read. "Ur pay wil be calculated and paid on pay day. U are not required to go into the office. All belongings wil be sent to u." One of the four employees, a 22-year-old identified only as Nick, told the Chronicle he had just spent $6,000 on a trip to Florida. "He talks about a lack of professionalism but what is unprofessional is sacking people by text message without any proper notice," said Nick. Goosey's Gabbings...
Evidently Mr. Wilson took a break from voting for his favorite American Idol Sanjaya Malakar to deliver the bad news. He didn't want to waste any precious time talking with his former employees when it was important to keep his dreamy idol in the competition. Standard text messages still apply.
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