Gary Chaplin's Email Blunder

I’m sure we’ve all accidentally hit “reply to all” rather than “reply” and had an awkward few minutes worrying about our blunder.  Or perhaps accidentally hit send before removing the bit where you call your client a plank in a late night email.  However, nothing can compare to Gary Chaplin who sent an abusive email to 4,000 recruiters, rather than the one (poor) jobseeker he meant to abuse!

You can read all about it in the Daily Mail

But as a top investigative reporter I’ve searched far and wide (actually I just asked a friend on Twitter) for the email correspondence for anyone who wants to see exactly what Gary said.

ORIGINAL EMAIL

Dear Sirs,

my name is Manos Katsampoukas and I am interested in finding a job in the banking/ marketing sector in the UK. Please find attached my CV. Further information available upon request. Looking forward to hearing from you.

Kind Regards, Manos Katsampoukas

RESPONSE FROM DAN

Thanks, Emmanouil, for introducing us all.

I'd like to take this opportunity to mention that One Search are actively hiring experienced Recruitment Consultants who have a couple of years' experience but are now looking to switch to Financial Services front office. Alternatively you may already be a front office recruiter disenchanted with the bureaucracy and looking to run your own desk.If you have the drive and intellect to work in one of the recruitment market's toughest yet most rewarding sectors, please give me a call or drop me an email to arrange a chat.

I will of course make a donation to Emmanouil, in lieu of a Rec2Rec fee!

Regards Dan

EMAIL FROM RICH (who turns out to be Gary Chaplin)

Emmanouil - I think I speak for all 4000 people you have emailed when I say "Thanks for your CV" - it's nice to know you are taking this seriously and taking the time to make us all feel special and unique.

If you are not bright enough to learn how to 'bcc' and thus encourage cock-jockey retards to then spam everyone on the list (yes Dan from One Search I'm talking about you - you opportunistic thunderc*nt) then please f*ck off ....you are too stupid to get a job, even in Banking.

I get enough retarded spam from idiots - I don't need the Dan 'F*cktard' McCunthy's of the world thinking they are being smart and original by spamming back to your 4000 best friends. (PS – is 'One Search' what you've successfully completed on this year?).

Yours hitting the delete button Have a nice day! Rich

There is more; it does go on.  However, I won't post it all here.  If do you want to see the rest of it, which resulted in Gary losing his job, just drop me a note.

Whilst I don’t condone abusive emails to candidates I can see Gary’s frustration at a candidate who has mass mailed his CV out. In the old days I’ve had candidates send their CV, by post, in response to up to a dozen completely different adverts. I no doubt wanted to tell them what a numpty they were being. Luckily I kept my thoughts to myself!  

What do you think about Gary losing his job over this and how do you think it'll affect his own jobseeking chances?

Comments

[J0N1]

Looking across the cast, who would I be inclined to employ after this comedy farce? Probably Gary for being the funniest and most honest in a Michael Douglas “Falling Down” kind of way, provided the psych tests show signs of recovery. Then Dan for being sharp but a little too cheesy. Last on the list Manos for showing 4,000 people how lazy he is.

The most disturbing thing about this sorry tale is the fact that I enjoyed reading it far too much and I now hate myself for it.

[Recruiting Animal]

Louise I wd like to show this guy some support on the Recruiting Animal Show.

How do I reach him?

[James]

Hmm, I also saw the original email and I got the impression it wasn't an accident at all. I thought he meant to abuse/shame the candidate and Dan McCarthy and shame them in front of the 4,000. Not very smart, and definitely a 'blunder', but entirely deliberate...

Awesome creative use of swearing, btw!