Covid-19 has rewritten many work norms, and moved even more on-the-job communications to email, Slack and other messaging tools. Yet layoffs via email still come as a shock. After a pandemic hiring spree in which big-tech firms such as Meta and Amazon recruited tens of thousands of new hires via Linkedin, Zoom interviews and other virtual means, many of those same companies are turning to email to conduct the biggest wave of industry layoffs in years. Many employees, though, say cuts via inbox feel cold and unkind. #work #jobs #business #wfh #workfromhome #remotework #wsj #wallstreetjournal #thewallstreetjournal | Learn the facts about COVID-19