<hijack> by the way, Deadly Accurate- I sent you an email waaaaay back to thank you for the games, and it got bounced. I never got around to resending it, so now that I remember- THANK YOU! Mafia was terrific.<end hijack>
Very unprofessional in my opinion. I’d have a hard time staying at a place that showed so little regard for privacy.
Then again, some people don’t care. I recently called a vendor of mine only to get a voicemail answer message that said “Hi, this is XXXX. I’ve been fired, so you shouldn’t leave a message here. Press zero and someone will probably talk to you.”
That was really unprofessional - and stupid.
Even a first year law student could take that case to court and win a huge settlement/severance. If there is a Human Resources dept. there, they should know better. Even if that employee was the worst employee on earth, legally you are only entitled to the information that “Mary Smith was an employee here from January 15, 2003 to June 16, 2004.”
Putting all that personal info out for public consumption is idiotic.
Can’t imagine why the email bounced, but I think that might’ve been when I was having trouble with my new service. I’m glad you liked the game.
If the boss is that vindictive, unprofessional and underhanded, your husband might want to keep that e-mail, just in case.
Me, I would find some way to make sure the fired employee got the e-mail, without it being traceable back to me.
But that’s just me. 
Yes, IMHO this was unprofessional. It comes across like it was the first time he got to fire someone, and it was an ego trip. For a good, experienced manager having to term someone is not a victory. Somewhere along the way, the manager’s selection, training and/or motivation failed.
However, the comments here about illegal or obvious winning of a lawsuit are not General Questions quality. Which is OK, we’re in IMHO, but wouldn’t want someone to get the wrong idea. I don’t know enough about the details to clear it up, just enough to be very skeptical.
Maybe those answers are out there if someone needs them, post to GQ.
Seriously unprofessional. Even if the ex-employee was fired for drinking at her desk, this information is properly distributed via scandalized IMs, not official channels.