A 'malicious' e -mail that was sent to all employees of one of the leading law firms of Australia on Friday has been referred to the police.
The e-mail, who was said to be sent by outgoing Slater + Gordon Chief People Officer Mari Ruiz-Matthyssen, broken the personality errors of the leaders of the company brutally, with details about whom 'unfaithful', 'useless',' a gossip 'and' lazy '.
On Sunday, Chief Executive Dina Tutungi announced that the company would carry out an internal 'forensic investigation' to find out the origin of the E -mail.
The Cyber ​​Incident team of the law firm is also working on the case.
The company repeated Sunday that the E -mail was not written by the outgoing HR boss.
'The e-mail was not sent by the Interim chief People Officer Mari Ruiz-Matthyssen. It contains many contagious, false and deliberately misleading claims, “said Mrs. Tutungi in a statement to the Australian.
“The information that is linked to the e -mail, although unreliable, should never have been shared.”
Mrs Tutungi added that both the company and Mrs. Ruiz-Matthyssen have submitted formal complaints to the police.
On Sunday Slater + Gordon CEO Dina Tutungi (photo) said that the company would carry out a 'forensic examination'
“The malignant e -mail who was sent to our employees on Friday by someone who occurred as an employee was an invasion of privacy and my apologies to everyone who has been hit by it,” she said.
'We understand the upset and fear that this caused, and we do a forensic investigation to find out how this happened.
“I want to assure all our employees that they will receive every possible support.”
She added that the company was 'fully committed to supporting our staff by this time and to meet all our legal and regulatory obligations, including the reporting of infringements of privacy and the necessary compliance steps'.
“Our cyber incident response team has emerged and a thorough forensic examination is being carried out, supported by external specialists,” said Mrs. Tutungi.
'We will have more to say if we know more … We are dedicated to maintaining the strong culture and values ​​of this company, and we will not allow this action to be distracted from the important work we have for our do customers. '
It is, however, understood that slaters have held several emergency meetings in the emergency of the E -mail that were sent on Friday, which caused a large number of employees to suffer a lot.
The e -mail, which has caused many employees of the company, was sent from a Gmail address that claimed it was off MS Ruiz-Matthyssen, described Slater + Gordon as 'Textbook Case of Dysfunction'.
Slater + Gordon (depicted signposting) said that the claims of the e -mail were not true and a fictional work work
With the title 'CPO Handover' and aimed at a Human Resources Head on a university law study that was believed to take over the best HR course from the company, it also claimed to include an authentic attachment that runs through the salaries and bonus packages for the company's staff.
A spokesperson for Slater + Gordon told Daily Mail Australi that Mrs. Ruiz-Matthyssen denied writing or sending the e-mail and that the case was fully investigated.
“The Interim -Chief People Officer is not the author or sender of that e -mail, nor is that e -mail address attributed to her, and she plans to report this issue to the police,” said a spokesperson on Friday evening.
'The content of the e -mail includes a series of contemptuous comments about individuals -which is presented as internal information in the E -mail is incorrect and in many respects a fiction work.
'We take this seriously because of the suffering, this has caused many of our team and investigate the matter. We will also collaborate fully with any police action or investigation. '
The E -mail, which was blindly copied to all the company staff and landed in their inboxes on Friday morning, immediately went viral within the legal brotherhood of Australia.
It shocked many with his surprising removal of important employees, which suggests that the person who composed the message had an intimate knowledge of the inner works of the company.
“As promised when we met the week for the last week, I will send you the transfer that I wanted me to have before I arrived,” said the post wrongly to be from Mrs. Ruiz-Matthyssen.
'As you know, I am ready this week. I had contacted the previous CPO on LinkedIn before I started – no response.
'Once I was informed about the situation, I understood why. I assume that Dina has already filled you with the constant legal case. '
Slater + Gordon is brutally investigating an e -mail criticism of the personality errors of the most important employees of the company
The Passage is a reference to the predecessor of Mrs.-Matthyssen, Alicia Gleeson, who is currently the company to the Federal Court.
She claims that she was fired after she had been worried, the company was deliberately incorrectly calculated that staff leave rights.
Mrs. Ruiz-Matthyssen replaced Mrs. Gleeson as Chief People Officer of Slater + Gordon in September 2024 and is invoiced as 'an emotionally intelligent director' on the website of the company.
The e -mail noted that she was the fifth person who took the position in as many years.
“To be bone, the situation in Slater and Gordon is a textbook of dysfunction,” the e -mail continued.
'I sincerely hope that you can make a difference, although given you are the fifth person in this role in five years, I would not hold back my breath.
“The deep -rooted negative to HR is alive and well.”
The e -mail proceeded to MS Tutungi, suggesting that she felt threatened by some important staff members, while they mock others like lazy.
Daily Mail Australia does not suggest that the claims in the e -mail were made by Mrs. Ruiz -Matthyssen nor that she has sent the e -mail, nor that they are true -only that they were sent to all employees.
“Dina's primary focus is her own bottom line,” said the e -mail, in the midst of a series of other accusations and allegations to controversial to publish.
'She is determined to maximize her bonus and is laser -oriented on locking the salaries.
'If you are lucky, you will receive an invitation for a … dinner in Dina's Mansion – complete with your own website [and] Private chef.
'Last time … It was buzzing at 8.30 p.m. Nobody could leave soon enough. But hey, maybe you will enjoy it. '
The blinding e -mail was blindly copied to all the company staff and landed in their inbox on Friday morning
The e-mail also says that Allegro Funds, who completed a successful off-market takeover of the company in April 2023, 'turns off the place'.
'Rolling the heads, and what remains is a skeleton team that hardly keeps things together. The endgame? A polished Shell to be sold at the right price. '
The e -mail then describes the internal grievances and personality errors of the 'most important players' of the company and offers a snapshot of the alleged 'office dynamics'.
Another employee who fought “cancer” would be reserved for the ax because 'she is lazy', but there was a need to 'carefully enter history'.
Another employee was described as 'pleasant' but potentially 'unfaithful' and 'clearly anxious about current instability'.
As the list of observed weaknesses continued, the incoming HR boss was further warned that one senior employee “had three formal complainants of inappropriate behavior” against him, only leveled to “buried” the issue.
The e -mail warned that there was aware of a certain employee and said: 'Look out for her. She will do everything to distance themselves from any accountability. '
Regarding the CEO itself? Well, she was not safe either, according to the E -mail.
'Allegro let me review the' possibilities 'of Dina', the author claims in the E -mail.
Another employee was described differently as' stubborn, combative and over -qualified ', another as' seems lazy and unmotivated', while another employee said 'the king of kicking the look on the road (s) incredibly lazy gets away with it '.
Indeed, only a rare few members of the team were not described as' lazy ' – described with an employee as' ambitious, clear, capable', one more as' great, does the work 'and a third as' very good at his work, (a) seasoned professional. '
The e -mail is completed by claiming that the HR team is not even sure why an important employee even works with the company 'honest' because they are 'a little bit of'.
It is not clear what the e -mail has motivated, although the law firm said that answering that question would be an important part of the immediate investigation.
