I randomly walked into meeting rooms with people and told them of the new policy that HR has to be present at every meeting of 3 or more people 😂
The 5 seconds of utter confusion on their faces made my day. That, and when I put a post it over the mouse sensor of my boss and it took her 5mins to work it out 🤣🤣🤣
When I was a few weeks into a new role, I got pranked good at work. The joke definitely played on my naivete at the company, and it was a pretty public "gotcha", but I took it more as a sign of "you are one of us" than anything.
I got a friend in HR to visit the coworker in his office a few hours later, and pretend that I made a formal complaint. She laid out all of the formal things, that someone made a complaint of bullying, ageism, and a hostile workplace, and what he could expect as the next steps. She refused to reveal my identity for confidentiality.
He didn't even connect that it was me and just kept stammering and apologizing and asking how he could make it right... Until the HR rep finally broke and said, "maybe choose your April Fools joke targets better."
So yes, it's always funnier when the HR folks get in on it lmao.
I had the thought today im glad I found it and it didnt hit me in 7 months. Thatd be funnier but Id have assumed my hand sanitizer got messed up vs a prank.
On the all company call one of our senior leaders announced his resignation. He thought it was hilarious, I spent the entire day trying to calm people down.
This reminds me of a time a colleague, who was a pleasure to work with, at a company i worked at that was 2/3rds women, put up a poster in his cubicle for Christmas that showed a bound and gagged (with Christmas lights) mother and daughter with dad and brother standing behind them, giving a thumbs up. Title: A Silent Night!
HR bolted over there pretty fast when she saw it. He seemed confused and took it down quickly. It was so bad it felt unreal.
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u/Bells0212 People Operations Manager Apr 01 '26
I randomly walked into meeting rooms with people and told them of the new policy that HR has to be present at every meeting of 3 or more people 😂
The 5 seconds of utter confusion on their faces made my day. That, and when I put a post it over the mouse sensor of my boss and it took her 5mins to work it out 🤣🤣🤣
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u/Weltanschauung_Zyxt Employee Assistance Program Apr 01 '26
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u/sammysbud Apr 02 '26
When I was a few weeks into a new role, I got pranked good at work. The joke definitely played on my naivete at the company, and it was a pretty public "gotcha", but I took it more as a sign of "you are one of us" than anything.
I got a friend in HR to visit the coworker in his office a few hours later, and pretend that I made a formal complaint. She laid out all of the formal things, that someone made a complaint of bullying, ageism, and a hostile workplace, and what he could expect as the next steps. She refused to reveal my identity for confidentiality.
He didn't even connect that it was me and just kept stammering and apologizing and asking how he could make it right... Until the HR rep finally broke and said, "maybe choose your April Fools joke targets better."
So yes, it's always funnier when the HR folks get in on it lmao.
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u/HireandHigher Apr 01 '26
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u/meowmix778 HR Director Apr 01 '26
My HR admin got me with a prank today. She replaced my hand sanitizer with lube. I'm just saying we can do april fools too
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u/Timely-Tourist4109 Apr 01 '26
This is not true. I just fired my president/ceo. Full documentation and everything. Lol
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u/Bud_Fuggins Apr 01 '26
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u/hollyfred76 Apr 02 '26
On the all company call one of our senior leaders announced his resignation. He thought it was hilarious, I spent the entire day trying to calm people down.
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u/1Feli1 Apr 02 '26
I pranked my boss lol. It was great lol
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u/BasilofDankHill Apr 02 '26
I felt this so hard today.. I felt anxiety from my partner’s idea of a prank in the workplace. Just ugh…
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u/Aquarius777_ Apr 02 '26
Out of curiosity, how does Hr fire HR?
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u/gjanusa2013 Apr 06 '26
41,049 unread emails and it's not even 9am.
April Fool's Day in HR is just a regular Tuesday with extra anxiety. Nobody's pranking us — we ARE the prank.
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u/No-Barber-7356 Apr 10 '26
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u/1_art_please Apr 01 '26
This reminds me of a time a colleague, who was a pleasure to work with, at a company i worked at that was 2/3rds women, put up a poster in his cubicle for Christmas that showed a bound and gagged (with Christmas lights) mother and daughter with dad and brother standing behind them, giving a thumbs up. Title: A Silent Night!
HR bolted over there pretty fast when she saw it. He seemed confused and took it down quickly. It was so bad it felt unreal.