In a bizarre workplace mishap that has left the internet in splits, an employee revealed that their company’s HR department accidentally sent a “termination notice” to every staff member — including the CEO.

The incident came to light after a Reddit user posted about it on the platform’s popular thread r/Wellthatsucks. According to the post, the HR team was testing a new offboarding automation tool designed to send exit emails to departing employees. However, someone reportedly forgot to switch it from “test mode” to “live mode”.

The result? Around 300 employees — top management included — received an email that began with: “Your last working day is effective immediately.”

Within minutes, chaos broke out across internal communication channels. “Slack went nuclear,” the employee wrote,

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