What’s surprising about this survey — conducted by staffing firm The Creative Group — is that the number isn’t higher, like, say, 10 in 10, with the lone exception of the guy who doesn’t care what people think and can’t be embarrassed, or the guy whose e-mails all read like they came from accounting.
Responses included:
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“Someone sent out confidential salary information to the whole firm.”
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“I once sent a job offer to the wrong person.”
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“An employee sent his resume to me by mistake. It was supposed to go to an outside company.”
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“Someone made a nasty comment about a supervisor and it was sent to the supervisor by mistake. It eventually led to dismissal.”
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“A person called another employee an idiot in an e-mail to everyone in the company.”
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“One of our vendors accidentally e-mailed me information about its sales performance, so I gained some inside knowledge about that vendor.”
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“My receptionist sent a very gossipy and catty e-mail about another employee to the wrong person. It was so unprofessional that she was terminated.”
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“We sent an e-mail to a client that was meant for a vendor. It made it difficult when the client had seen our costs.”
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“Confidential information about one client was sent to a different client. It was certainly embarrassing.”
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“Someone crafted a scathing, sarcastic e-mail about a customer and did not mean to hit ‘send.’ It caused problems.”
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“I once sent an internal memo about restroom etiquette to a prospective client by accident.”
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