HR Accidentally Sends Termination Emails to Entire Company, Including CEO
On November 9, 2025, an anonymous employee’s Reddit post in r/Wellthatsucks went viral (over 40,000 upvotes), describing a chaotic HR blunder at a mid-sized tech company (about 300 employees). While testing a new automated offboarding tool for layoffs, the HR team forgot to switch from “test mode” to “live mode.” This triggered templated “termination notices” … Read more