AIBU? Will I get the sack?

She wants to discuss the follow up meeting

If you are clinically diagnosed with OCD and anxiety then they are classed as disabilities. If you think you made the mistake due to your disabilities then you could claim discrimination if you are fired.

That said, I really don't think you'd get the sack for making a small mistake, and one that you corrected very quickly.

As a PA you must be handling loads of information, have to be very, very organised and think quickly on your feet. Do you think your anxiety is getting worse because this does seem like a gross over-reaction on your part.

I think she means she wants to talk about the other part of your message. The mistake will be done, fixed and forgotten by now.

For future reference probably best to change properly and remove the incorrect guy as well as adding the correct one yourself rather relying on forwards and declines. That way your boss won’t be confused, the correct one won’t be optional and the incorrect one won’t get any updates if the meeting changes. But that’s PA stuff. I can almost guarantee you that your manager wants to talk about the online or in person element tomorrow not rehash how to send a meeting invite or tell you off. As for sacking- definitely not. Big companies don’t usually just sack people for teeny tiny stuff, you’d have to do something really awful or be made redundant which would then mean you can’t be replaced so hardly something they rush into over nothing.

I have a PA. Minor issue that has been fixed. I wouldn't be bothered about it. Try not to worry

I can’t tell you how many meetings that I’ve been invited to where it turns out that they’ve invited the wrong person, including someone else’s disciplinary!! Total non-event, the discussion will be about in person vs virtual. This is very much your anxiety/OCD but it’s also really important to recognise that everyone makes mistakes and that’s okay.

Unless it's something you do regularly then you won't get fired.

The chat is likely to be more about how you're coping.

Unless other person was external and really should not have been aware the meeting was happening, this is a very trivial error. Don't worry

Kindly, don't worry and please get some help for the anxiety. The extent of your anxiety is more likely to cause issues than the occasional mistake.

My old PA booked me into a one star doss house as it had a similar name to a five star hotel in the area. Now that was a mistake!

My mantra when mistakes are made is to ask if anyone died as a result of the mistake? If the answer is no then use it as a learning exercise. As long as you learn from it there are no issues.

When you speak to your boss apologise and tell her what solution you have come up with to avoid a similar issue occurring.

My colleague sent a mail merge that was supposed to go to a select handful of people from a spreadsheet inviting them to interview. She was new to mail merge and didn't realise that filtering the spreadsheet didn't stop the email being sent to everyone else.

Let's just say that there were over 100 people disappointed to hear their selection email was a mistake 🫣

She wasn't sacked but it was a running joke for a while!

If uou want to feel better start a new thread about the worse mistakes people have made at work. I'm sure everyone has several!

This will be a classic case of you fretting and prostrating yourself about this is going to be a far bigger annoyance to your boss than the very minor mistake. The discussion will be about in-person vs virtual. Your boss does not have time to care about a name mix-up.

I say that as someone senior, who occasionally sends emails to the wrong person!

I also work for a big global insurance company, trust me you won't be sacked for this one off mistake as no harm has come of it.
My dh works in the same company as me, we have the same surname but our first names begin with completely different letters, he has been invited to meetings instead of me a few times and received emails meant for me. No one has been sacked as a result AFAIK

Do you have a track record of seeking reassurance at work? Because the "let's discuss tomorrow" is far more likely to mean she thinks it's a complete non-event but can see you're panicking and cannot be bothered with getting into protracted email exchanges reassuring you. That's even more likely if you have a track record of overreacting like this.

Please don't ask your manager for reassurance in person either. It's not fair to put that on colleagues.

This is a complete non issue. Mistakes happen and there are no consequences to this. Definitely not a sackable offence, and I imagine your boss wants to discuss f2f vs virtual meeting.

I’ve known PA’s to send invites but not include the client, no meeting room
booked, sent their boss to the wrong place, not confirmed flights and their boss is at the airport, not booked a hotel, the list goes
on. None of them were sacked!

I actually did something very similar today. Just sent a quick apology and all was fine. I agree with others that the discussion is likely to be about the inperson or not issue. Alternatively she might have good tips for how to avoid that in future e.g. naming them more obviously in your email contacts if used regularly.

I would look at how to manage your anxiety better though.

Unless you’re missing out some really crucial detail like there was confidential information in the agenda that the other person shouldn’t know then this a total non issue. People aren’t robots. Mistakes happened. Fixed in 3 minutes. Should be no big deal. Even when I have seen this be a really big deal (crossed a chinese wall) it was a compliance breach and a slap on the wrist, still not a sackable offence. By discuss tomorrow it sounds like your boss means the in person vs. online element not the small mistake. Chill.

I think you'll be fine then. Some companies are very cut throat but that sounds like a company that allows staff to learn from their mistakes and not in fear of the axe constantly hanging over their necks.

I’m also a PA, and honestly, this would be a non-issue. You’ve not disclosed any confidential information to the wrong person. It’s simply a mistake. Your employer would be highly unreasonable to dismiss you over a minor error.

Please don’t worry. It’s likely your exec just wants to discuss the meetings being virtual/in person.

Not sackable! When your manager speaks to you, just think about the data protection aspect as you could have sent a sensitive email to the wrong person.

I would assume she means let's discuss the 'in person Vs virtual' bit tomorrow.