1. Lay off people via email
2. Mess up the details of their layoff in the email
3. Include a cute duck picture in the layoff email, for no reason
"Stripe is laying off 300 people, or about 3.5% of its global workforce — and in emails to some terminated employees, the company accidentally sent an image of a yellow cartoon duck, a spokesperson confirmed to CNN.
Some employees also received incorrect termination dates in the emails on Monday, adding more awkward insult to injury. The blunders were addressed afterward by Rob McIntosh, the chief people officer of Stripe, in a memo to employees shared with CNN.
“Some impacted Stripes received a notification error to their personal email accounts,” McIntosh said. “I apologize for the error and any confusion it caused. Corrected and full notifications have since been sent to all impacted Stripes.”"
The duck in question:
2. Mess up the details of their layoff in the email
3. Include a cute duck picture in the layoff email, for no reason
"Stripe is laying off 300 people, or about 3.5% of its global workforce — and in emails to some terminated employees, the company accidentally sent an image of a yellow cartoon duck, a spokesperson confirmed to CNN.
Some employees also received incorrect termination dates in the emails on Monday, adding more awkward insult to injury. The blunders were addressed afterward by Rob McIntosh, the chief people officer of Stripe, in a memo to employees shared with CNN.
“Some impacted Stripes received a notification error to their personal email accounts,” McIntosh said. “I apologize for the error and any confusion it caused. Corrected and full notifications have since been sent to all impacted Stripes.”"
The duck in question:
