HR just “fired” 300 employees by accident and sent an entire company into panic mode

A new HR automation tool accidentally triggered immediate termination notices for 300 employees, including senior staff. The system, intended for offboarding, was mistakenly switched to live mode during testing. Panic ensued across the company’s Slack channels, with IT eventually clarifying that no one was actually fired. Productivity plummeted as employees grappled with the near-disaster.