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| Worst email ever? Sydney boss apologises for angry all-staff message that went viral | Worst email ever? Sydney boss apologises for angry all-staff message that went viral |
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| A Sydney boss has apologised for an angry all-staff email that repeatedly accused his employees of “getting on my tits”, playing “endless ping pong” and likened their taking frequent sick leave to a film about a man dying of Aids. | A Sydney boss has apologised for an angry all-staff email that repeatedly accused his employees of “getting on my tits”, playing “endless ping pong” and likened their taking frequent sick leave to a film about a man dying of Aids. |
| Marcus Wood, the director of Mars Recruiting, has owned up as the author of the self-described “Gordon Ramsay meets Donald Trump-style email rant”, and says he has learned from his experience after the email went viral on social media. | Marcus Wood, the director of Mars Recruiting, has owned up as the author of the self-described “Gordon Ramsay meets Donald Trump-style email rant”, and says he has learned from his experience after the email went viral on social media. |
| The original missive, titled “Friday observation”, was sent out last week and was then leaked online. | The original missive, titled “Friday observation”, was sent out last week and was then leaked online. |
| oh my god - how amazing is this email sent to staff at a Sydney company “5 or 6 of you are REALLY GETTING ON MY TITS in this office - you are a cost, you are demanding and exhausting”#bossoftheyear pic.twitter.com/zZ3ubKrZKp | oh my god - how amazing is this email sent to staff at a Sydney company “5 or 6 of you are REALLY GETTING ON MY TITS in this office - you are a cost, you are demanding and exhausting”#bossoftheyear pic.twitter.com/zZ3ubKrZKp |
| “Morning guys,” it began. “Quick observation that is really getting on my tits. 1: Endless ping pong during CORE BD business hours – especially from people with no money on the board. | “Morning guys,” it began. “Quick observation that is really getting on my tits. 1: Endless ping pong during CORE BD business hours – especially from people with no money on the board. |
| “2: Not even bothering to put a suit on or pretending to look the part (again with no money on the board). 3: Some of you are taking more sick days than Tom Hanks during the dying days of Philadelphia...again with no money on the board (and being a cost to the company and me personally). | “2: Not even bothering to put a suit on or pretending to look the part (again with no money on the board). 3: Some of you are taking more sick days than Tom Hanks during the dying days of Philadelphia...again with no money on the board (and being a cost to the company and me personally). |
| “5 or 6 of you are REALLY GETTING ON MY TITS in this office – you are a cost, you are demanding and exhausting and you don’t even look like you are trying. | “5 or 6 of you are REALLY GETTING ON MY TITS in this office – you are a cost, you are demanding and exhausting and you don’t even look like you are trying. |
| “[REDACTED] will talk to you in more detail on Monday but if 5-6 of you don’t pick up your game massively you will see your sorry asses fired and slung out the door in under 3 months”. | “[REDACTED] will talk to you in more detail on Monday but if 5-6 of you don’t pick up your game massively you will see your sorry asses fired and slung out the door in under 3 months”. |
| Later that day, he apologised to staff saying it was clear he was “not at my loquacious best”. | Later that day, he apologised to staff saying it was clear he was “not at my loquacious best”. |
| “[It came] in a moment of seeing red and most definitely should not have happened,” he said. | “[It came] in a moment of seeing red and most definitely should not have happened,” he said. |
| Help. My out-of-office email is famous | |
| A spokeswoman for Wood explained that his fondness for the phrase “getting on my tits” was because he was Scottish. | A spokeswoman for Wood explained that his fondness for the phrase “getting on my tits” was because he was Scottish. |
| “He uses the British colloquialism ‘getting on my tits’ in place of getting on my nerves,” she said. | “He uses the British colloquialism ‘getting on my tits’ in place of getting on my nerves,” she said. |
| In his follow-up to staff, Wood wrote: “I am happy to hold my hands up, and to this end I wanted to apologise. Obviously some of you know me pretty well and know I shoot from the hip, but obviously others don’t. | In his follow-up to staff, Wood wrote: “I am happy to hold my hands up, and to this end I wanted to apologise. Obviously some of you know me pretty well and know I shoot from the hip, but obviously others don’t. |
| “It seems I am becoming an online sensation for how NOT to communicate - and in hindsight I agree!! I do value you all, but I am sure you get my sentiments in wanting you to reach your full potential, even if my delivery in this case was not at my loquacious best.” | “It seems I am becoming an online sensation for how NOT to communicate - and in hindsight I agree!! I do value you all, but I am sure you get my sentiments in wanting you to reach your full potential, even if my delivery in this case was not at my loquacious best.” |
| He signed off: “Thanks guys and have a good weekend.” | He signed off: “Thanks guys and have a good weekend.” |
| so you got my email https://t.co/0bBsIVjJ7c | so you got my email https://t.co/0bBsIVjJ7c |
| priceless https://t.co/5W7Y027jDd | priceless https://t.co/5W7Y027jDd |
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