They should have used text 2 voice software.

That would have made it seam a bit more personalized.

Agreed, I would have preferred:

$ say -v "Bad News" "Unfortunately your role has been eliminated and you will no longer have a role at patch. Today will be your last day of employment with the company"

That's what happens when lawyers and HR people get involved. Can't get sued, so read the script...

Agreed, if I were in the place of those employees I'd rather be listening to Siri or the Google Maps driving voice lady, both sound a lot more human.

Even better would be if they hired Ellen McLain to GladOS it because at least that would have been funny.