how would announce the death of an employee, by email or face to face?

Question

how do you announce the death of an employee to company employees, by intranet, or face to face

Answer 1

It’s better to do it face to face because it’s a very serious thing and should be addressed properly.

Answer 2

Face-to-face, if the company is a small company.  

Answer 3

Intranet is the best way. Face to face in a meeting or individually is too emotional and distracting.

Answer 4

I unfortunately had to do it twice to a department of about 60 people, and did it face to face with small groups, first telling a couple people individually who were particularly close to the person at work. One time I went to the home of an employee who was particularly close to the person who died, but was off that day.

Answer 5

Depends on the size of the company.  We had a co-worker die who was in our office.  We were notified in person (there's like 10 of us), the rest of the company was notified by email.