@TwitterHR For Future Reference, Use BCC When Rejecting Applicants

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/17/twitterhr-for-future-reference-use-bcc-when-rejecting-applicants/

by vaksel • 17 years ago

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pclark• 17 years ago

easy mistake to make

jacquesm• 17 years ago

I'll be the last to say that was stupid, not that long ago I made a similar gaffe. Ever since I have the autocompletion in my email address bar set to off, and I would advice everybody that deals with sensitve data on a regular basis to do the same. It's all too easy to send an email to entirely the wrong person like that.

Oh, and another easily avoided error is 'reply to all'.

neilc2• 17 years ago

I don't mean to gripe, but why is this interesting? The HR staff at a startup made a common and mildly embarrassing mistake that is unlikely to be of any long-term significance.

river_styx• 17 years ago

You must be new to TechCrunch.

neilc2• 17 years ago

Sure, TC has a lot of crap. It doesn't all need to be posted/upvoted at HN, though.

je• 17 years ago

Twitter in now under the microscope of the public and media so they have to take extra steps to preserve their image. Of all their departments, HR should be the one that best represents their brand/company and this oversight is unprofessional and hopefully not indicative of a problem with their corporate culture.

lacker• 17 years ago

Could have been worse - they could have twittered the rejection.

nir• 17 years ago

dr @applcnt, thx! ur grt, othr ppl too - got smbody else, but maybe ttyl!

ivey• 17 years ago

I don't know very many people who use SMS shortcuts on Twitter.

@TwitterHR For Future Reference, Use BCC When Rejecting Applicants

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