Personal Email sent to whole department by mistake

[MuppetsGalore]

I've ducked up and worried about potential outcomes of this faux pas

An was sent to staff with platitudes about Caroline flaks suicide which I found infuriating, I've also been really annoyed by comments on social media about suicide ect

I thought I'd hit forward on the email but got reply and got distracted by other work and used it for writing notes and during my shift also wrote a bit of a rant for my diary

Anyhoo fast forward to the end of the night I'm knackered and in a rush to head home i just hit send on a couple of the emails i had open only to realise i sent my ramblings onto the whole department 🤦‍♀️

Worst case scenario i get fired for being a trouble maker best case scenario they all have a good laugh at me 🤦‍♀️

Aibu to be mortified by this?

Lone voice of dissent:
If someone on my team sent this no one would reply or probably even mention. We’d assume it was a mistake and move on. Frankly, most people probably wouldn’t even read it. Too busy.

In your shoes I’d consider saying nothing unless approached. (But I don’t know your environment.)

If your boss says anything couldn’t you just say “lunch time musings To blow off steam! I accidentally hit send. Terribly embarrassed!”

People saying it feels like a lecture... why take it so personally?!

I was prepared to be mortified for you but really don't think you need to be. Nothing in there indicates you are unhinged or have extreme views or gives anything private away.

I do think first thing tomorrow you need to recall it. That shows you are not totally off your rocker.

I would then talk to your line manager. I think there would be, regardless of your performance management, a question over why you are writing this stuff at work.

Reading it back you have referred to depression as something you have lost count over. I guess it depends how confortable you are people knowing this at work. If not so much then go down the accident route, as once people know this (i.e. formally told) re. depression it is very hard for them to unknow it. Be very clear why/how it would not happen again etc.

Good luck. I once went in early as I left something personal on the photocopier 😂

It reminds me of the paper that Jerry distributed to his co-workers at the beginning of Jerry McGuire.

got distracted by other work and used it for writing notes and during my shift also wrote a bit of a rant for my diary

What you've posted above reads like a fully formed blog entry, not notes and a bit of a rant. Was this all you sent? If so, it seems a bit preplanned rather than in error.

Was it really an accident, OP? Really? Did you then follow it up with an 'I'm so sorry, that was meant to be a private email to someone else' message, like most people would do if they'd sent an email like that to presumably their whole workplace? Did you speak to IT about recalling the email on a server level?

I think you're great op, Muppetsgalore. Anyway you didn't start the business of talking about Caroline Flack and I must say I think it is odd that you received messages about her from work.

“ I thought I'd hit forward on the email but got reply ” who were you hoping to forward to?

Can you approach it as you saw the email, didn’t want to be distracted from you work by it so wrote a response for your eyes only? You then intended to delete as you’d but instead pressed in error. You tried to retrieve it but were unable. You’re mortified that the company is now asking if you have mental health issues and very sorry if the comments were taken in any way to be against an employee or the company. This is certainly not the case. They were general musings to enable you not to be distracted from your work.

Idk if they will buy this. There has been a lot of talk about toxicity in the media. You are actually talking a lot about taking personal responsibility.

Someone suggested recalling the email. If you can do that now, after the event, I think this would be a good idea. Ask for it to be recalled (by IT if necessary) as it seems as though you were unable to do so.

Oops. You then intended to press delete as you’d finished but instead pressed send in error.

Is that exactly what you sent or a summary?

If it's exactly what you sent then I'm afraid it doesn't look like random personal musings. It's fully formed deliberate sentences. I wouldn't be impressed to receive that, it certainly doesn't seem accidental.

Besides, who puts TLDR on their OWN personal diary entries?

I'm not surprised that your boss asked you if you are ok, you did actually say that you are 'wrapped up in my own depression'.
I find it odd that at a place of work colleagues would be sending emails about the death of a celebrity.

Depression isn’t automatically classed as a disability, OP would need evidence which may involve occupational health visits to ascertain to which degree her depression affects her. Someone with a disability can eventually be sacked if they just can’t perform their job after reasonable adjustments are made, provided the employer follows their disciplinary process fairly. Her management are already having issues with her performance at work.

It doesn't sound too bad. Your office enemies will remember it and snigger but everyone else will just think your a daft bint for sending personal ramblings by accident. You could really 'own it' and start speaking to everyone about things you're going to do to help mental health ie a charity run for mind or just Shut people down when you hear them bitching about someone.

'Her management are already having issues with her performance at work'.
Are they??

(I'm on thin ice at the mo in terms of poor performance

Well you only are saying what most intelligent people think...

Crikey.

When bored at work, my mate sends me rude jokes, running memes and, memorably, a picture of her boobs.

You, however, pontificate in perfectly formatted paragraphs.

Ok. Op, it does seem that you have a lot of time on your hands at work.
Keep your head down and concentrate on doing your job.

It looks ok to me.
I would not worry about it.

So you’re on thin ice for poor performance and yet you spend work time writing your ramblings on a reply email and then send it by mistake in a rush?

Whatever the content of the email does that not demonstrate your general lack of attention, concentration, and carelessness? I would expect you to be more self aware and making more effort.

It seems very odd to me to be sending personal emails - certainly an email like this - from your work email address.

I might agree with you, but I'd never let anything like this near my work account. Unprofessional - if you want to complain about your employment, go through the channels

Unless you are leaving and want to tell them how youve felt for a long time. Or unless you are garnering support for your blog

You clearly did it on purpose and are a bit of proud of yourself so thought you'd repost here.

poster Oysterbabe Tue 18-Feb-20 06:25:07
You clearly did it on purpose and are a bit of proud of yourself so thought you'd repost here.

This

Dramatics

I wouldn’t class this as a “faux pas”.