let’s talk about your mortifying moments at work

It’s almost time for Mortification Week 2026, and in preparation we need to hear your stories of mortifying experiences at work — yours or other people’s. Maybe you mistakenly emailed erotica to your entire team … or accidentally told a coworker it was “great to hear” of a colleague’s death … or accidentally threw condoms all […] The post let’s talk about your mortifying moments at work appeared first on Ask a Manager.

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It’s almost time for Mortification Week 2026, and in preparation we need to hear your stories of mortifying experiences at work — yours or other people’s. Maybe you mistakenly emailed erotica to your entire team … or accidentally told a coworker it was “great to hear” of a colleague’s death … or accidentally threw condoms all over your interviewer’s desk … or gave a person two noses in an interview Photoshop test. Maybe you still lie awake at night thinking about the time you accidentally wrote in a job application that you “answer the phone throughout my shits.”

It is in the spirt of this shared and hilarious humanity that we celebrate Mortification Week every summer.

Please share your own stories of workplace mortification — yours or other people’s — in the comments!

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