GoDaddy Employees Were Told They Were Getting a Holiday Bonus. It Was Actually a Phishing Test.

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Lorraine Longhi 🌵
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Dec 23, 2020
With the holidays around the corner, GoDaddy employees received an email last week offering some welcome financial relief: a $650 holiday bonus.

Two days later, they received another email from GoDaddy:

“You failed our recent phishing test.”

GoDaddy Employees Were Told They Were Getting a Holiday Bonus. It Was Actually a Phishing Test.
Roughly 500 employees failed the test, which claimed they would receive a $650 bonus in lieu of a holiday party.
coppercourier.com

Lorraine Longhi 🌵
@lolonghi
This move comes as thousands of Arizonans are unemployed or experiencing financial anxiety amid the pandemic.

Employees at GoDaddy are no exception. Earlier this year the company laid off or reassigned hundreds of people in Arizona, Iowa and Texas.
A letter from GoDaddy CEO Aman Bhutani
GoDaddy CEO Aman Bhutani sent the following email to GoDaddy employees this morning.
aboutus.godaddy.net
2:50 PM · Dec 23, 2020

https://coppercourier.com/story/godaddy-employees-holiday-bonus-secruity-test/

[JI7]

1. What asshole's fucked up idea was this ?

Shouldn't the prank be the other way around ? They think they are getting something not that great but end up with something much better ?

[ProfessorGAC]

12. And, Others Have Done It, Too

So, this isn't one person's idiotic idea. It must be something network administrators discuss.
Tribune Company did it, with offers of 5,000-10,000 bonuses. 5 to 10 grand! And they didn't think people would click it when it looked semi-official?
The test itself is a stupid test, despite the tone deaf nature of it. There's no good time or good year to tease people about having earned extra money.
It's not a Nigerian prince scenario.
Just dumb.

[shrike3]

2. Holy eff

[soothsayer]

3. Wow that's mean

Thanks, Grinch

[Hekate]

4. That is so evil that even Scrooge would be ashamed

I’m sure this will go viral, for whatever that’s worth.

If I were an employee, I’d keep my head down and collect whatever paltry paycheck they’ve got, check for new jobs from my own computer (anything not connected to the job), and one fine day depart without so much as a go to hell.

[CentralMass]

5. Who's your Daddy ? What f'cking @$$hole came up with that idea.

[Blue Owl]

6. I've never liked that company

Not sure why, but feels like my instincts just paid off...

[CurtEastPoint]

7. Was this elephant-killing-no-not-sorry founder's idea?

GDMFSOB:

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/BUSINESS/04/01/godaddy.peta.protest/index.html

[MustLoveBeagles]

8. Cruel

[cojoel]

9. Sounds like the bonus in "Christmas Vacation"

where Clark got a bonus to be enrolled in Jelly of the Month club. I guess that was at least something.

[Initech]

10. At least the Jelly Of The Month club was the gift that keeps on giving!

[cojoel]

11. That it is, Edward.

That it is, indeed.

[Initech]

14. Hallelujah! Holy shit! Where's the Tylenol?

[Skittles]

13. stuff like this will backfire

just how much does this increase loyalty to the company? It is shameful.

[DangerousRhythm]

15. Godaddy and Tribune both.

This is nauseating, especially considering this dumpster fire of a year.

Fuck both of them for this unnecessary cruelty.