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faintestsmile t1_j1vgyyk wrote

I'm pretty sure if they even notice they will just correctly assume its a typo, I don't think its reasonable to assume it was intentional

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Mass-Driver t1_j1vhrmd wrote

Managers at my company have been fired for less. A director was fired for charging his time on his timecard to the wrong account on the first offense.

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FLTDI t1_j1vl2ar wrote

>A director was fired for charging his time on his timecard to the wrong account on the first offense

I can almost guarantee this was that they officially fired him for, but there was probably much more going on before.

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wiedmaier t1_j1vu7p8 wrote

Time cards directly effect billing and payroll and on DoD projects can be a big deal. So if someone’s making changes that could actually fuck up your contract. Transposing the wrong letter in a word where the keys touch is a LOT less severe and it’s easy to show there wasn’t intent.

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FLTDI t1_j1vvxn7 wrote

I've been working dod contracts for my whole career, making corrections is standard and billing has a lag to the government. Now intentional miss charging is the only thing I've seen someone get walked out for immediately. So I do agree it can be serious, I just doubt it was "one simple mistake and fired" especially for a director

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wiedmaier t1_j1vwp82 wrote

Which is why I think OP can breathe a little. If the manager got fired it was more intentional than a typo.

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OkVolume1 t1_j1vhg9s wrote

This cracked me up even though the use of that word makes me hot under the collar. This was a true typo and accident. If you get called on it, just tell them the truth. It's very plausible.

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TentativelyCommitted t1_j1vij8z wrote

Just tell your HR rep that you’ve spent too much time in WSB

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jsveiga t1_j1vkcmm wrote

If you get fired for this, that's a company you shouldn't want to work for anyway.

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FLTDI t1_j1vkxya wrote

You know you can recall a message, especially if you caught it quickly.

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PinkbunnymanEU t1_j1vuk1b wrote

For outlook it depends on receivers policy as well, otherwise they get a request to recall; which makes them look closer at the email, best way is to add a 2min+ delay on all outbound emails (known as the career saver) so you can delete it when you accidently send.

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FLTDI t1_j1vvb68 wrote

What I like to do is fully type the email and read it before even putting the recipient in the address bar. Reduces sending a message prematurely

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hedgehodg t1_j1ww3pp wrote

That's actually brilliant, gonna have to start doing this myself!

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PinkbunnymanEU t1_j1vvh1n wrote

Especially when ctrl+enter sends, I've had more than one colleague send a half finished email because they managed to hit ctrl...

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Derpy_Dora t1_j1x2g0u wrote

I set my Outlook up like this after I accidentally caused a data breach. It's saved me multiple times.

Also I've made this specific typo by accident so many times, but thankfully always spotted it! I've switched to "best wishes" now. Much safer.

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Mass-Driver t1_j1vo2wf wrote

I did not know that...how?

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FLTDI t1_j1vvg8q wrote

Another thing for this specific issue, put "kind regards" in your signature, won't make this mistake again

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FLTDI t1_j1vq7vg wrote

Go to sent items, click on the email and look for "recall " if you can't find it, Google is your friend

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mattmelb69 t1_j1w96u2 wrote

Doesn’t always work. And the recall message makes people look more carefully at the email than they otherwise would

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BenTherDoneThat5555 t1_j1vwtcd wrote

I just read that there's a shortage of engineers to hire in a lot of places, so, if your company is smart, they'll keep you on.

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cherrybomb6494 t1_j1w3xch wrote

The G and T are quite close on the keyboard, you should be fine

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sherlip t1_j1wq3zf wrote

Who hasn't done this lmao? There's a reason nobody signs emails anymore. I just kinda say what I need to say and hit send, fuck the formality.

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scuba_GSO t1_j1vj3mc wrote

I think you’ll be fine.

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zonte94 t1_j1wpwo6 wrote

One of my buddies at work had Outlook suggest this typo to him, so... Yeah definitely don't sweat it

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PancakeProfessor t1_j1wsoxm wrote

That is going to be my full time signature on my work email now. Thanks.

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ukexpat t1_j1wxtle wrote

*by accident

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