Today, I accidentally emailed the entire company everyone's salary, sales history, and the names of four people I intended to fire. FML
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On 01/30/2010 at 2:21pm - work - by Whoopsx99 (man) - United States (Washington)
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congratulations on getting first, i also got a FIRST!!! for the fml below this
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yeah #12 beat me to it by 2 seconds. literally
So not only are people screaming "first" but they also feel the need to talk about being first on posts they weren't even first on. What is wrong with the world???
#42 - On 01/30/2010 at 6:14pm by saranottelling
I don't get why people get mad if someone says "first". Just let them be. And if you don't care that the person is first then stfu and leave them alone.
Today, I got an email by mistake from my boss informing me that he planed on letting me go. I used my lunch break to go home and get my gun. FHL
it's stupid because people waste so much space in the comments writing it (pol who r not first but still write it). If u r going to b first atleast write a comment tht relates to the post.
Surely that is a MASSIVE breach of the Data Protection Act 1998, likely you're liable for a lot of lawsuits. Also likely you wouldn't be able to "accidently" do something like that, but I'm going to ignore that past.
Well being one a therapist and two british all i can reccomend is to write a letter to your branch manager ( if applicable) telling how much of a swine he is and what he's put you through. But do it AFTER you get the sack. peace out x
He will probably be in luck on the Federal law side in the US. The US Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2009 (comparable to the Data Protection Act) has not yet been introduced to the US Senate. There have been numerous lawsuits regarding personal data breaches like this though - the most recent published at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Hope the company, the employees whose data was leaked, and his bosses have a really good sense of humor.
ur next on the chopping block for not paying attention!!!
#14 - On 01/30/2010 at 5:19pm by smrtblkguy
ahahaha good going, slow down and don't jump the gun next time, that is if you don't get fired LOL
#17 - On 01/30/2010 at 5:21pm by KurouTenshi
Sorry, not ten. the comments switched while I was writing. the intended target is no longer posted.
#20 - On 01/30/2010 at 5:22pm by XFlyingxPiranhaX
Lol Good job OP! I guess you're next on the chopping block? Depending on the email system your company uses, you can retract emails that you send before they're opened... I know Outlook allows you to do that. I suppose it's a little late for that advice though ;)
Happy job hunting! Hope that the competition with the other 4 employees isn't too difficult for you!
Sucks to be you. how the heck did you manage that one?
#57 - On 01/30/2010 at 7:01pm by Jamaican_Secrets
haha I know how that goes. I'm a teacher and I sent an email to the whole staff about the new code of conduct. it began with "happy new year and Hell to All!" instead of hello to all.
#59 - On 01/30/2010 at 7:08pm by katherinepeters
That's a simple typo. Funny but not at all comparable to something of this magnitude. Bonus points if you work at a church or Christian bookstore though.
#130 - On 02/01/2010 at 12:16pm by ohSNAPyall
that's why outlook has a recall function! so that you can recall the email and you will get an alert advising you what nosy dickwad actually tried to read it.
#64 - On 01/30/2010 at 7:39pm by _sourpatchkid
this is why outlook will be moving the 'reply all' button further away from the 'reply' button. apparently ppl don't check the 'to' box to make sure before they hit send.
so? whats the big deal except for the people u were gonna fire
#81 - On 01/30/2010 at 10:13pm by SnickerVonBicker
Would you mind sharing your salary history with us? Seems like everyone else has already seen it, and you won't be using it much longer.
#85 - On 01/30/2010 at 10:56pm by ohSNAPyall
Save yourself some time and e-mail yourself a lay-off notice.
#88 - On 01/30/2010 at 11:27pm by dirtgrinder
How is this bad information for the employees to have? It seems like it would be useful to them. I don't understand.
#93 - On 01/31/2010 at 12:40am by autistic_pride
It's confidential information. Most places aren't supposed to talk about wages. If you have 5 people working the same job/position and they're all making different ammounts of money.... that's going to cause problems.
Same thing with sales numbers. As a lead it's your job to act professional and confidential.. not sharing information like this....
I don't get it, in order to do this, you would have to make a whole document with this information, click send, select every address, and then click send again. You're a fucking moron.
#99 - On 01/31/2010 at 3:52am by yourefreakindumb
No, its possible. That he was sending this document to another manager or something and that is why he put it up, and more than likely they have a mailing list with the whole company listed under it for when they need to send out newsletters, memos etc ... and then instead of typing in the person they were sending to they selected the mailing list ... Tiny and very easy to make mistake. This is the reason I triple check all my emails before sending. I have like ... serious paranoia about it.
Kudos to you. Contrary to popular belief there is no reason not to be transparent about salaries. Bit of a nasty one on the people you intend to fire though, I assume they were unaware...
#110 - On 01/31/2010 at 11:41am by The_Great_Zucchi
Maybe where you work, most of my jobs you would get in a bit of trouble for talking about salaries... something this extreme at my job would most likely get you terminated :(
I work for a company where our hours are usually billed to customers. As your billing rate is tied to your salary everybody has a general idea how much you make. Very transparent and very honest system. If a customer is willing to pay your rate, your salary is fair.
I just don't see why it's a big deal. The only reason I can think of is if the salaries are very unfair or there's a very big variation between different people doing the same job. All situations where it is not in the interest of most of the employeees to keep salaries a secret...
#115 - On 01/31/2010 at 12:51pm by The_Great_Zucchi
I wonder if they'll notice anything interesting when looking at salary / sales history, like evidence of the gender wage gap. Hopefully this is not still a problem for your company, but it generally is. If so, expect lawsuits for another reason (in addition to privacy matters).
#131 - On 02/01/2010 at 12:20pm by ohSNAPyall
a disparity in salaries doesn't mean that something odd is going on, but you can be sure that people will get upset about it anyway. If I start a new position where I earn, for ex. $35000 based on prior experience, and my coworker who has worked for the same company for longer than I have makes less than me, say $30k (owing to less experience, though he has more within the company), there is still the possibility of temper flareups and hysterical backtalking- justified or not.
A disparity could also mean that someone got a higher raise than someone else, which also causes problems, since performance evaluations are not public information and someone may feel that another person's raised wasn't justified.
Trust me, we have these problems at my workplace all the time. Salary and performance information should be strictly confidential. It's no one elses business and should remain between employer and employee. I'd be pissed if my salary and performance information were circulated in the office.
#137 - On 02/14/2010 at 10:11pm by _sourpatchkid
it happens... fitst fire those 4 immediately. then plan an immediate re-org
#113 - On 01/31/2010 at 12:17pm by Horney4her69
Congrats on making someone elses to be fired list.
You suck at the Internet btw.
#117 - On 01/31/2010 at 1:45pm by 13__Loki__13
"Today, I received an e-mail stating that I make $20 less per hour than my coworker for doing the same job, despite the fact that I've made nearly twice as many sales as him this month. I also found out I'm getting fired next week. FML"
Why the fuck would you be sending company info over email in the first place?
#120 - On 01/31/2010 at 8:22pm by MoobyTheCow
uh oh. I guess you should make that 5 people about to be fired
#122 - On 01/31/2010 at 11:47pm by SupaSwaggin
What are you still doing on the internet? You should stay as far away from computers as possible from now on!
A bit of advice when sending confidential information through email---"Password Protect"!!! I can't stress that enough. That way, even if you did send it to the wrong person(s), they can't open it!
#132 - On 02/01/2010 at 1:38pm by Gloria0416
Also, it's easy enough to accidentally send MY entire company an email if I'm not paying attention. There is a "recipient" in the email address book called "All Groups". If I'm sending my friend Allison an email and the "auto-fill" kicks in, there goes my email intended for just Allison to my entire company.
#133 - On 02/01/2010 at 2:03pm by Gloria0416
this is fake... how can you be dumbass enough to email this... not possible. you must have the IQ of a cardboard box.
#138 she didn't mean to it was an accident and if your saying that about firing the people sometimes people deserve to get fired
#139 - On 03/10/2010 at 6:21am by bibobobonnor
