Am I oversensitive or ?

[puddle33]

NC as this could be outing

Basically I would just like people's opinions on people CCing others in on criticism emails at work. So let's say, you make a small mistake, and someone else saw fit to reply to you pointing out the mistake (fair enough), while CCing everyone in the office in on the email.

The mistake was bad enough, but it added another layer and made me feel embarrassed and bad.

But am I being oversensitive - is this perfectly acceptable and normal etiquette in an office and I need to get over it?

it depends if other people need to know about the mistake

Urgh it’s a dickish thing to do unless it’s actually related to the others in the team/office and they do need to know.

I worked with someone who did that everytime there was any minor query with something I’d organised-and he would nit pick to an extraordinary degree and copy all management in even if it didn’t involve anyone else. I was very glad to not to work with him any more. With him it was absolutely a piece of power play, he was an intimidating nasty piece of work.

It depends on the mistake really - if it's something likely to affect the workforce as a whole (say a phone number was wrong so they won't get the right enquiries or will get all the wrong enquiries!) then I can see why you'd let them know - although this doesn't sound like your example.

Was it about an email that you'd sent to everyone (so the mistake was already there for everyone to see) and they replied pointing it out? Or did they create an email and send it to everyone?

It would have been nicer to speak to you individually, it's hard to say why they did what they did on the info given.

We all make mistakes though, so don't feel bad!

You are not being overly sensitive, its as bad as giving someone a dressing down in front of everyone.
If a manager needs to let everyone know about an issue they can do it in an anonymous way, not by singling someone out.

Bah I hate people who cc unnecessarily i would think less of them not you. If I needed to know I would just ajust as needed and carry on. We're all human we make mistakes don't worry about it

I did some over time in a different department. I made a mistake on an email sent to a customer ... it really wasn’t the end of the works type mistake.

Colleague still felt the need to email me and cc her manager on to point out said mistake very pathetic in my opinion.

Constant mistakes after being told then yes, a one off then get s flipping grip

I think it's a petty yet common feature of office life- that being said I would take it badly and think it's unnecessarily mean.

In any occasion where someone has made a mistake but it needs to be reported I would generally tell the person(s) who needs to know in person. (With the "say it, forget it, write it, regret it") idea in mind.

Don't think you're being over sensitive at all!

if it's a mistake in an email and the have cc'd people also in the email that's fine. E.g. I sent out an email saying returns due Thurs 4th, person replied saying 'it's Thursday 3rd' I find this useful so I don't get an individual reply from everyone.

If the mistake is not relevant to anyone else I would be annoyed.

If a manager needs to let everyone know about an issue they can do it in an anonymous way, not by singling someone out.

To be fair, that's not always possible. If anyone in my department made a visible mistake; everyone in the dept would know who had done it without being told; and for most of us; everyone in the country - because the format and placement of the mistake would give away who was responsible.

CCing everyone can feel like it deepens the embarrassment; but if it's not a regular thing, I wouldn't give it much head space. They may well have just thought the others needed to know.

Depends on the situation. If its a project and everyone is reviewing different pieces then its fair enough to cc everyone in and saves them pointing out the same too, wasting time reading work that needs an overhaul.

If its private work you asked for feedback on and they cced, thats unnecessary.

Totally dickish thing to do. Even if it's a mistake others need to know about that should be dealt with in a meeting, not a passive aggressive CCd email.