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Nobody’s perfect: we all mess up from time to time. But when that happens at work, the stakes can be pretty significant.

For instance, writing to r/AskUK, site user MoonlightByWindow shared that the HR in their friend’s workplace recently sent out a mass email congratulating a worker on their new promotion to manager.

After much ado, though, it turns out this was likely a mistake. “A few hours later, HR announced that they’ve ‘suddenly’ realised that someone else would be better suited for the role,” the poster wrote.

They asked other members of the forum, “What’s the biggest cock-up by HR that you’ve witnessed?”

Here are some of the most-upvoted responses:

1) “HR came to see me a told me to collect my things and meet them in the office with a higher-up. So I did.”

“They then informed me I was being suspended from my job pending both an internal investigation and a possible criminal investigation. I was suspected of gross misconduct (theft of money) and harassment.

“My manager looked dumbfounded during [this], as did I. HR had somehow got themselves confused: I was the victim of the harassment and the witness to the theft of money.”

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