India, Nov. 10 -- In a bizarre turn of events that is going viral online, a company's HR department accidentally sent out "termination" emails to its entire staff, including senior leadership and the CEO. The incident came to light after an employee shared it on Reddit.

According to the post titled "HR accidentally sent everyone a 'termination notice' - including the CEO", the HR team had been testing a new offboarding automation system that sends out templated exit emails to employees leaving the company. However, someone forgot to switch the system from 'test mode' to 'live mode'. The result? 300 employees woke up to an email that began with the line, "Your last working day is effective immediately".

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