Funny story I heard from a colleague…
A popular manager at her company was laid off, and on his last day sent an e-mail out to a lot of people thanking them for the opportunity to work with them over the years, how much he enjoyed his time there, and so on. Several managers and executive staff received the message. Classy move, right?
A friend of his from within the company replied to his message with his condolences, as well as a profanity-laden condemnation of the executives who were responsible for his forced departure. Unfortunately, he replied to “all,” which meant his e-mail was sent to the very same executives he had lambasted. Oops.
Rather than crawling into a cave somewhere and praying for a quick, painless death after realizing his mistake, he sent *another* e-mail to “all,” asking them to disregard his previous message, writing that it was only intended for the guy who was leaving. I can only imagine receiving those e-mails was analogous to watching a trainwreck unfold in slow-motion. Sad, really, but it teaches a valuable lesson.
Keep those e-mails positive, you never know where they could end up!
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