Picture of Duck Sent to Stripe Workers Accidentally Fired

Stripe is laying off nearly 300 people this week, and the payment technology company appears to have been royally negligent in executing the firings. Business Insider reports employees affected by the layoffs received a PDF image of the duck in their email, along with an incorrect termination date.

Stripe’s spokesperson confirmed the information Business Insider and said a follow-up email corrected the error. Stripe says it still plans to add 10,000 employees this year.

On Blind, a discussion board where tech industry workers can talk anonymously, Stripe employees joked that someone should quickly make a custom duck emoji on the company’s Slack.

The tech industry has suffered unprecedented layoffs in recent years after nearly two decades of growth, and the mass layoffs necessitated by over-hiring during a pandemic don’t always go smoothly. One common scenario is when employees wake up to find that their work devices simply won’t turn on or come into the office to try to aim. login button not working. Sometimes there is wrong information communicated to affected employeesor termination emails are sent to work accounts as if the employees were no longer able to access them.

The CEO of Better.com took a lot of heat and then took a leave of absence He fired 900 people over Zoomduring the call, the victim accused employees of “stealing” by not working hard enough. PagerDuty’s CEO quoted Martin Luther King Jr. in his email layoffs.

Overall, power has shifted from tech workers to employers since a series of mass layoffs began at the end of 2022. Employees can no longer protest their companies signing contracts with the Pentagon or fight for DEI and other initiatives. Except for the best, the tech job market isn’t that big anymore, and management’s lack of concern for workers is obvious.

Stripe CEO Patrick Collison received great heat “It’s great to be back,” according to a post he shared on X while running in Tel Aviv in late 2024. Ireland, where Collison is located and where Stripe has its offices, is a vocal critic Throughout Israel’s war against Gaza. His company remains strong and Stripe is reportedly valued More than 70 billion dollars.

It’s great to be back in Tel Aviv. I missed this run. pic.twitter.com/xc4LP1MkQm

— Patrick Collison (@patrickc) November 27, 2024