So yeah. I work for one of the big banks. Think suits, glass towers, five layers of management to sneeze.
My boss (F, late 30s) is everything you want in a leader, intimidating in that “she remembers everything you’ve ever said” way. Also, somehow manages to look like she walked off the set of a prestige legal drama every time she’s on Teams. Total pro.
We sometimes use WhatsApp for quick comms, mostly when we’re traveling or out of office. Anyway, She pings me for the Q1 financial update. I polish the report, convert it to PDF, and start composing the email.
Meanwhile, I’d also been texting a girl I’ve been seeing. It was one of those days- banter turned spicy, and she sent a pic that was… motivating. I figured I’d respond in kind. So I took a quick mirror shot… shirtless, definitely flexing a little, not explicit but very “trying to look hot.”
Then muscle memory betrayed me.
I tabbed back into WhatsApp, and just hit send.
No response for like five minutes.
Then:
“Assuming those aren’t the numbers from the quarterly report. Please resend.”
I stared at my phone, considering if I could fake my own death. Sent the actual update with a formal apology. She left it at that.
But now, every time I see her name pop up on WhatsApp, my soul leaves my body.
TL;DR: Tried to send a sexy pic to a hookup, accidentally sent it to my boss instead of a quarterly financial summary. She was chill. I was not.
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omfg your screwed
That’s hilarious. Your boss took it very professionally.
this made my day less embarrassing, thanks op!
Bro flexin’.
Surely as it stands she doesn’t know it was an accident? That’s much worse.
This is the reason I like the work profile setup on my Samsung. It keeps things like this from being able to happen.
Butt pucker at maximum
A big bank sending unreleased quarterly financial figures via WhatsApp? Interesting
And that’s why we shouldn’t use personal devices or consumer apps like WhatsApp for work.
You can delete your message in WhatsApp. I think this is the moment that feature was made for.
Why r u guys using WhatsApp to send company financial data esp if you work at a bulge bracket? You use WhatsApp to send PDFs? What?
Major data security violation. I’d be terminated for using WhatsApp for any work related matter, but even more so for financial docs or info!
And now HR has a shirtless pic of you
That is a hilarious story she is retelling to friends at dinner parties. Hopefully in 30years she’ll tell this story at your retirement party. Lol
One question that bugs me, how can anyone accidentally send something to another person? Especially via WhatsApp
This is the most chatgpt post of all time
This reads like ChatGPT to me
“Nice” next time be more careful. Maybe put it in big capital letters BOSS in your contacts
Never comingle work and personal devices.
Sounds like bs to me , “accidentally “ send it
Oh shoot, sorry wrong chat
Luckily she needs to be chill about it because she’s sending business sensitive docs over WhatsApp 🤣
And then divulging that you’re using unapproved communication channels on Reddit? Double miss.
nah baby that ain’t the financial report, that’s just a rough draft. You want the finished product you know where to get it WINK WINK
You know you did that on purpose, come on lol
You’re fine. Honestly, for a high- profile job, you’d think file sharing and convos would occur over a more secure application.
So, if anything were to come of it, I’d argue it’s the risk taken for not using something more secure than WhatsApp. For all you know, information could be intercepted by a Nigerian Prince wanting to make you queen and needing money because his money is tied up until he comes to America to make you happy
Why not use Teams or something intended for secure company communications?
A bank using what’s app as communication for data seems like red flag for a bank lol
Why are businesses using WhatsApp?
Wtf is “to sneeze”? You send reports through WhatsApp? Lmao ok kid
Yah work related things should (for compliance reasons) only go over work comms. If you stupidly do use WhatsApp / I can assure you miss prim and proper will not keep her job long. A message about non-work things? Have at it.,, but the second work is involved keep it to the secured channels.
Does anyone not see the stupidity of our government doing this exact stuff and it biting them in the ass?
“Assuming”
😂😂
LOL, I’m glad she was understanding about it and you’re very lucky that she was.
What a cool boss
This reads made up
The world needs total separation between work and personal online groupings.
90% of this is written via chatgpt and slightly edited btw.
Your boss literally Deedra Meero
I work in a bank and I’m prettyyyyyy sure any work related messages over WhatsApp is not meant to happen, quarterly financial reports lol via WhatsApp, come on….
Should have just said “those are in fact the numbers for the quarterly report” and doubled down. You don’t need figures, you just need your figure.
OP has never worked for a big bank lol
You know what they say about conservative, buttoned-down ladies- especially older ones. She might now have that pic saved in a hidden folder that you’ll never know about…
We’re gonna need some updates in the coming days.
Shit happens. Fortunately your boss is as professional as you thought she was
Freudian mis-send!
Wow… she really is a total pro lol
U guys are dumbasses the dudes name is milk the algorithm