Getting emails that a coworker died...

[LoveWisdom]

Originally Posted by confusedasusual

At my current place of work I just got an email titled "Sad News" that went on to briefly detail the passing of a coworker and give info on a funeral time/place.

I am shocked as this is someone young who I was not aware had any health issues. Though I am indeed saddened by the loss, is an email really the best way to do this? What do you guys think? It seems a little cold to me.

An email is the modern way of communication. A physical conversation is the old fashioned way of communication. So it sounds fine to me.

(The fact that it seems cold to some people, it's a matter of perceiving email communication as something "less than" normal. In our day and age, it's a normal method of communication and should not be perceived as something "less than" (less than a physical conversation)

It's only "cold" if you perceive it as such. The writer of the email probably has no idea that you perceive this as "cold". To the writer, it's probably a very normal (and not cold) thing to do.

[ScarletG]

Originally Posted by confusedasusual

At my current place of work I just got an email titled "Sad News" that went on to briefly detail the passing of a coworker and give info on a funeral time/place.

I am shocked as this is someone young who I was not aware had any health issues. Though I am indeed saddened by the loss, is an email really the best way to do this? What do you guys think? It seems a little cold to me.

For a workplace, it's perfectly acceptable. What do you expect them to do? If your family would do this to announce the death of parent or sibling...than yes, there would be call to think it's cold.....but it's not family...it is work.