Company Accidentally Fires Entire Staff Via Email 333
redletterdave writes with an amusing tale of missent email. From the article: "On Friday, more than 1,300 employees of London-based Aviva Investors walked into their offices, strolled over to their desks, booted up their computers and checked their emails, only to learn the shocking news: They would be leaving the company. The email ordered them to hand over company property and security passes before leaving the building, and left the staff with one final line: 'I would like to take this opportunity to thank you and wish you all the best for the future. 'This email was sent to Aviva's worldwide staff of 1,300 people, with bases in the U.S., UK, France, Spain, Sweden, Canada, Italy, Ireland, Germany, Norway, Poland, Switzerland, Belgium, Austria, Finland and the Netherlands. And it was all one giant mistake: The email was intended for only one individual."
Wrong (Score:5, Funny)
It will now be two people leaving the company!
Tacky (Score:5, Funny)
Those responsible should be sacked!
I wonder (Score:5, Funny)
Moral of the story (Score:5, Funny)
Never hire an employee named "allstaff".
Re:Happiness (Score:5, Funny)
That would be the worst.
First email: You're fired!
Second email: Oops. It was all a mistake. Only one person was supposed to be fired.
Third email: That person is you.
Re:Wrong (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe ...Unless the guy they fired was in charge of sending out dismissals. This was his final (possibly intentional) mistake. :D
Re:Didn't they put the person's name on it? (Score:5, Funny)
They did, but he had recently changed his name to Robert; staff; management; everyone; Tables
Not the first time (Score:5, Funny)
This is not the first time that Alan 'Call me Al' Staff has caused this problem.
Re:Wrong (Score:4, Funny)
Good, Let's start from you :D
Re:Wrong (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Happiness (Score:5, Funny)
I was thinking first email: You're fired
Second emaol: Can someone fix the email?
Third email: Where is everyone? Can someone please fix the email?
Re:Giant Mistake? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Happiness (Score:5, Funny)
That would be the worst.
First email: You're fired!
Oh, yah? Well screw you all! I never liked this company and pissed in the coffee daily. And Mr. CEO, I am banging your wife.
Second email: Oops. It was all a mistake. Only one person was supposed to be fired.
Uh....
Third email: That person is you.
Damn...
Re:Wrong (Score:5, Funny)
There are always unproductive employees.
No lie. At my company, about half of the employees have below average productivity.
Re:Wrong (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Wrong (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Wrong (Score:5, Funny)
I hear they immediately sent out 1,299 apology emails.
Well, they certainly tried to, but in an ironic twist, the apology email only went to the 1 person they were originally intending to fire.
Re:Moral of the story (Score:5, Funny)
I worked for a company whose very first paying customer was named Richard Test. Poor Mr. Test had his account deleted by well-meaning and fastidious secretaries several times. (We'd have just renumbered his account if that ID wasn't used in a zillion other systems.)
Re:Wrong (Score:5, Funny)
Morons who, in turn, send form letter emails firing all of the other morons. Where's the problem?
Re:Wrong (Score:5, Funny)
Dark Helmet: Careful you idiot! I said across her nose, not up it!
Laser Gunner: Sorry sir! I'm doing my best!
Dark Helmet: Who made that man a gunner?
Major Asshole: I did sir. He's my cousin.
Dark Helmet: Who is he?
Colonel Sandurz: He's an asshole sir.
Dark Helmet: I know that! What's his name?
Colonel Sandurz: That is his name sir. Asshole, Major Asshole!
Dark Helmet: And his cousin?
Colonel Sandurz: He's an asshole too sir. Gunner's mate First Class Philip Asshole!
Dark Helmet: How many asholes do we have on this ship, anyway?
[Entire bridge crew stands up and raises a hand]
Entire Bridge Crew: Yo!
Dark Helmet: I knew it. I'm surrounded by assholes!
[Dark Helmet pulls his face shield down]
Dark Helmet: Keep firing, assholes!
Re:Wrong (Score:2, Funny)
At my company we employ one guy to sit around and do nothing. This means we can generally employ above average employees, with a commensurate increase in productivity.
Re:Wrong (Score:5, Funny)
I think you mean 1,298.
Re:Wrong (Score:5, Funny)
Man, to be a fly on the wall when HR told him to fire himself via e-mail.
Then you can be fired from HR?
Re:Giant Mistake? (Score:5, Funny)
You accidentally what?
Re:Giant Mistake? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Wrong (Score:5, Funny)
At my company we employ one guy to sit around and do nothing.
We do too. We call him the CEO.
Hold on a second, I just got an email; I'll be right back.
Epic trolling moment (Score:2, Funny)
"Haha! You're fired!"
*sadface*
"Oh, sorry, we sent that email to everyone by mistake."
- :D
"Whoops, never mind, you're the one employee we actually intended to fire."
- ...
The second snafu... (Score:4, Funny)
The second snafu is when 500 of those people did a Reply-All saying "sod off wankers!"
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Re:Giant Mistake? (Score:5, Funny)
I must watch some on Youtube once my boss have left the building!
*bling* "You got mail!"
Re:Wrong (Score:5, Funny)
People don't need an excuse to gripe, just an opportunity.
God tell me about it? Give anyone a chance and they start bitching about the crap people do, it's so fucked up. Swear to god people just love to bitch about every fucking thing, no one can keep their stupid mouth shut.
god damn bitchers...