Overview
- A Reddit user reported that about 300 employees, including senior leaders and the CEO, received a message stating, “Your last working day is effective immediately.”
- The incident was attributed to an offboarding automation tool being tested, with the system left in test mode and a templated termination email sent to everyone.
- Internal channels filled with alarm, described as “Slack went nuclear,” before IT and HR posted all-caps clarifications that no one had been fired.
- Screenshots and the post on r/Wellthatsucks quickly went viral, drawing tens of thousands of upvotes and widespread reactions from social media users.
- News outlets reporting the episode cite user-generated content and at least one explicitly notes it has not independently verified the claims or identified the company.