Recruitment exec axed after hitting ‘reply all’ to email
Here's one instance where hitting the "Reply All" button in a moment of anger may not be such a good idea: a high-flying recruitment executive lost his job after hitting the wrong reply button and sending his rant-filled reply to a jobseeker to 4,000 people.
Gary Chaplin lost his £200,000-a-year post over his email reply where he told a jobseeker to “f*** off,” according to a report on UK’s The Sun.
“If you are not bright enough to learn how to 'bcc' and thus encourage c**k-jockey retards tothen spam everyone on the list (yes Dan McCarthy from One Search I'm talking about you - you opportunistic thunder****) then please **** off ... you are too stupid to get a job, even in banking,” the report quoted Chaplin’s reply to the jobseeker.
His email had been a reply to jobseeker Manos Katsampoukas, who he twitted for simultaneously emailing recruitment firms with a note and a CV for a finance or marketing job.
In his reply, Chaplin said he spoke for “all 4,000 people you have emailed” when he told the jobseeker to “f*** off.”
But when he hit the “Reply All” instead of the “Reply” button, his message went to the same 4,000 people Manos had originally emailed.
Chaplin, who is in his 40s, was asked to resign after five years at the Manchester office of Stark Brooks, which recruits executives for firms like Heinz, Kellogg’s and Bentley.
“It was a moment of idiocy... I am now looking for a job just a few days before Christmas... If I could turn back the clock I would. I will regret this forever,” he told The Sun.
The reply also contained a tirade by Chaplin against one of his rivals, who he accused of fuelling “spam” emails like Manos’.
“Telling a candidate, however misguided he may be, to f*** off is appalling. It displays an unbelievable degree of arrogance,” one recipient said.
McCarthy
London-based McCarthy, who was mentioned in the reply, said Chaplin “went a bit overboard with what he said about me but I have thick skin.”
“I was more concerned with what he said about the jobseeker — as I think this creates a terrible impression of our industry. I would like people to know that we are not all like Gary Chaplin,” he said.
Worse for Chaplin, he sent the message under a pseudonym —Richard Vickers – that turned out to be the name of a real recruitment executive.
Chaplin was eventually traced through his Internet service provider, and sent frantic “groveling” emails to the 4,000 people who saw his reply.
“My sincere apologies to Mr. Vickers for any embarrassment and confusion,” The Sun report quoted one of his emails as saying. — LBG, GMA News
Gary Chaplin lost his £200,000-a-year post over his email reply where he told a jobseeker to “f*** off,” according to a report on UK’s The Sun.
“If you are not bright enough to learn how to 'bcc' and thus encourage c**k-jockey retards tothen spam everyone on the list (yes Dan McCarthy from One Search I'm talking about you - you opportunistic thunder****) then please **** off ... you are too stupid to get a job, even in banking,” the report quoted Chaplin’s reply to the jobseeker.
His email had been a reply to jobseeker Manos Katsampoukas, who he twitted for simultaneously emailing recruitment firms with a note and a CV for a finance or marketing job.
In his reply, Chaplin said he spoke for “all 4,000 people you have emailed” when he told the jobseeker to “f*** off.”
But when he hit the “Reply All” instead of the “Reply” button, his message went to the same 4,000 people Manos had originally emailed.
Chaplin, who is in his 40s, was asked to resign after five years at the Manchester office of Stark Brooks, which recruits executives for firms like Heinz, Kellogg’s and Bentley.
“It was a moment of idiocy... I am now looking for a job just a few days before Christmas... If I could turn back the clock I would. I will regret this forever,” he told The Sun.
The reply also contained a tirade by Chaplin against one of his rivals, who he accused of fuelling “spam” emails like Manos’.
“Telling a candidate, however misguided he may be, to f*** off is appalling. It displays an unbelievable degree of arrogance,” one recipient said.
McCarthy
London-based McCarthy, who was mentioned in the reply, said Chaplin “went a bit overboard with what he said about me but I have thick skin.”
“I was more concerned with what he said about the jobseeker — as I think this creates a terrible impression of our industry. I would like people to know that we are not all like Gary Chaplin,” he said.
Worse for Chaplin, he sent the message under a pseudonym —Richard Vickers – that turned out to be the name of a real recruitment executive.
Chaplin was eventually traced through his Internet service provider, and sent frantic “groveling” emails to the 4,000 people who saw his reply.
“My sincere apologies to Mr. Vickers for any embarrassment and confusion,” The Sun report quoted one of his emails as saying. — LBG, GMA News
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