I have to disagree on the Email vs in-person thing. Unless law or consent allows you to audio record a verbal conversation, it's way too easy for the HR person to get what I call "Selective Memory Loss". With a verbal convo they can twist your words. Allege you said the sky is "purple" even though you said it was "blue". Deny what you or they said or didn't say. Anything they want.Then it's your words against theirs. And don't think they won't try to knock your credability to the sewer by saying "he is just a disgruntled employee. there is nothing anyone can do to make him happy". They love to pull that card at random if they don't want to deal with you. They can even deny that you talked to them at all if its all verbal, like say "We never had any such meeting, this is the first I have heard of this". bla bla bla yadda yadda ya.. I know ALLLL of their tricks. To me, unrecorded verbal conversations in most any work context are like walking out on a Civil War battlefield against your enemy with no amo or shields. You are a sitting duck. In Email or any form of writing, they can try twisting what your words mean, but they can't deny the words were said as they were. A lot of people do think in person is always better. I've just been fvcked over enough with people with selective memory loss that I am (probably overly) cautious with such matters.
