[witheld]

You can’t send out an email asking “Do you NOT quit?”

Quitting is a process you do, you give a letter, or you tell your boss, or you stop showing up to work, anything else is termination

[dehrmann]

I'm guessing this is the case because "I didn't see the email" is plausible. I think all my jobs have asked for a one sentence resignation email to HR just so everyone's on the same page.

[function_seven]

It has nothing to do with the plausibility of seeing the email or not. Somebody could say “yeah I read that email. It was stupid and I wasn’t going to respond to it. I would still like to work here though, just not on double hours.”

[watwut]

It you stop showing to work, it won't be quitting. Instead you will be terminated by employer for cause.

[Cthulhu_]

What if you cannot show to work because everyone's been locked out of the building or their accounts?

[watwut]

It is obstacle on the side of employer. If employer makes it impossible to reach office, it is his issue.

But I gotta say, I really hope someone will speak to journalists about what that was about.