Don't blame the autocorrect: Worst HR typos

Here’s a list of the funniest HR typos you’re glad you never made, but very glad someone else did.

BY Rose Sneyd 01 Feb. 2013

Typing blunders are as ubiquitous as keyboards, but some are definitely funnier than others – especially when other people make them. With this in mind, we present a list of ten of the funniest HR typos other people made.

The first five of these were drawn from a People Management discussion group on LinkedIn instigated by Ken Allison, HR consultant – Paradigm Partners. The last five come from Allison’s blog on Executive HR “My all time Top 10 HR typos” – thanks Ken!

Ten of the funniest HR typos:

T McCloskey: “Changing to a 24/7 rotation and putting in an unpopular rota someone mis-typed the change announcement and instead of introducing a new SHIFT PATTERN they forgot the F in Shift.”
Peter Houston: “I recall drafting a job advert which asked for ‘previous experience of pubic service’.”
Ellen McKenzie: “Recruitment advert in newspaper with additional ‘Cost of Loving’ Allowance!”
Anne Allen: “Time off in loo - from an HR colleague too - unbelievable!”
Janet Webb: “A colleague once set up her automatic e-mail signature with the salutation ‘best retards’. It was a number of days before she realized.”
“Our people are our greatest asses.”
From an employee’s letter appealing against his dismissal: “I’ve been made an escaped goat.”
“Your role demeans the need for excellent working relationships with your team.”
A self-certification form listing ‘genealogical problems’ as the reason for absence
Staff offered an ‘exiting opportunity’ when meant to be offering them something ‘exciting’!