HR Discusses Employee's Upcoming Termination with Business Owner, Accidentally CC's the Employee

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Dec 2, 2022 8:00 AM EST

Give me a minute while I pick my jaw up from the floor. This thread, which was posted to Reddit's r/antiwork subreddit, was written by the husband of an employee who was accidentally copied on an email about her own upcoming termination. Yikes!

 

As some folks pointed out in the comments section, if this were me, I would not be able to resist further embarrassing HR for this egregious mistake. If the reasoning behind the termination had anything to do with an inability to perform the job correctly, well, then it's pretty clear whoever copied her on the email has the very same problem. If it's a work culture thing, as the original poster suggests it might be, then one has to wonder what kind of work culture would try to ignore a screw-up this bad. Keep scrolling below to see what other people had to say in the comments. For more work drama, check out this story about another HR busybody. (Thumbnail image from Unsplash) 

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    Font - Wife accidentally CC'd on email of her upcoming termination My wife works for a small independently owned real estate law firm as a W-2 salaried employee in the state of Georgia. Today she was accidentally CC'd on a conversation between the business owners wherein they were discussing their intent to terminate her employment on December 19 (before the company Christmas party). We're both a little shocked, and concerned for the future. Her work performance was good, the termination seems t
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    Font - Edit: wow, this kind of blew up! I guess if anyone knows of an open white-collar position in the metro Atlanta area / remote, please DM me? 816 Comments + Award
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    Font - brock_lee 18 hr. ago LOL, I would sure as hell reply all with "Are you sure you meant to CC me on this?" Let 'em squirm. 9.9k Reply Share
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    Font - matty_nice 18 hr. ago I'd just go full humor. "I think we should keep her!". 9.3k Reply Share
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    Font - brock_lee 18 hr. ago HA! I love it "If I may offer a differing view, [name] has really be excelling at her job these past few months, and I think it would be a disservice to terminate her. I think we should look elsewhere for cuts." 4.0k Reply S
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    Font - jdbrown0283. 18 hr. ago @ 5² "Like HR guy who can't even send an email out properly!" 44.1k 4.1k Reply
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    Font - heavy metal_man 14 hr. ago That happened to me. They were embarrassed. But they just went ahead and immediately asked me to leave. I guess so they didn't have to experience awkward moments. I didn't think quick enough though. Right when I saw the e- mail, my boss wasn't in yet. I should have called in sick, left the building, get a doctors note and milk them for 3 or more weeks of a paycheck. 2.5k Reply Share
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    Font - IamLuann 17 hr. ago Send a copy of E-MAIL to her private E-MAIL. If and when it actually happens she can say I thought that was a joke:) And she still has proof that she has worked there. Also copy any performance reports that they may have on her. 1.9k Reply Share
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    Font - kileme77 18 hr. ago Tons of places hiring now. Burn up any pto by getting interviews for new job. 1.1k Reply Share
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    Font - cardinalsfanokc. 14 hr. ago No, stay til the last minute and make them pay out PTO on the last check for extra money 486 Reply
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    Font - West PhilippinesSea 11 hr. ago Reply back "we should keep her, at least she doesn't send emails to the wrong people" 1.0k Reply Share
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    Font - jsmith30540 15 hr. ago You may know some of this: Termination: when you are fired GA has a separation notice. Employers should give at termination however they have until the next paycheck to provide. You need this to file for unemployment. You can start the process w/o but it takes longer. Before she gets locked out of her email, have her start emailing anything performance or job related, good or bad, to her personal email. As long as she can prove she was fired w/o cause she'll get app
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    Font - Bedi shontsu 15 hr. ago I'm pretty sure laying people off the week before christmas is the definition of evil. She needs to update her resume and get on LinkedIn. 312 Reply Share
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    Font - Jicand 18 hr. ago I would look into how and where to file and gather the necessary documents. As soon as she is actually terminated file immediately. 286 Reply Share
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    Font - jsmith30540 15 hr. ago You may know some of this: Termination: when you are fired GA has a separation notice. Employers should give at termination however they have until the next paycheck to provide. You need this to file for unemployment. You can start the process w/o but it takes longer. Before she gets locked out of her email, have her start emailing anything performance or job related, good or bad, to her personal email. As long as she can prove she was fired w/o cause she'll get app
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    Rectangle - Jicand 18 hr. ago I would look into how and where to file and gather the necessary documents. As soon as she is actually terminated file immediately. 286 Reply Share
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    Font - burgermilk333 17 hr. ago edited 1 hr. ago Unless it was a blind copy, they're gonna see that they accidentally e-mailed her. Might as well act like they don't know that you know, but realistically, they probably know that she knows. I'd be looking into those options and getting together any paperwork I'd need. Forward that e-mail to her personal account, so that she has it as proof if she needs to walk right away and they accuse her of "quitting" because of it.
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    Font - She should quietly gather her stuff too. Bring it home a bit at a time. EDIT: I see most of y'all are saying that they probably didn't notice. Maybe so, I just figure it's probably wiser to operate under the assumption that they do. Less possible surprises that way.
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