Duck Photo Accidentally Sent to Line Workers Getting Fired

Stripe is laying off nearly 300 people this week, and the company that provides digital payment solutions appears to have made a royal threat in the firing. Business Insider reports that the employees affected by the layoff received a PDF image of the duck in their emails, and the deadline was incorrect.

A Stripe spokesperson confirmed the flub Business Insider and said the next email fixed the error. Stripe says it still wants to grow its number this year to 10,000.

On Blind, a discussion board where tech workers can talk anonymously, Stripe employees joked someone had to create a duck emoji in the company’s Slack.

The tech industry has faced unprecedented challenges in recent years after nearly two decades of growth, and large-scale firings – necessary due to over-hiring during the pandemic – have not always gone smoothly. One common scenario is workers waking up to find their work equipment won’t turn on, or they arrive at the office and try to turn on the badge, only to see the access key does not work. Mistakes sometimes happen provided to the concerned employeesor dismissal emails are sent to work accounts as employees are cut off from accessing them.

The CEO of Better.com took a lot of heat and retired after leaving downloaded 900 people to Zooma call in which he accused the affected workers of “stealing” by not working hard enough. The PagerDuty CEO quoted Martin Luther King Jr. in his email leave employees.

Overall, the power has returned from current workers to employers since the majority of the population began to be removed at the end of 2022. Workers can no longer oppose their companies signing contracts with the Pentagon, or fight for the DEI and others. For all but the best, the job market in tech is no longer strong, and management’s neglect of their jobs is evident.

Stripe CEO Patrick Collison it was very hot At the end of 2024 in a thread he shared on X of him running in Tel Aviv, writing that “it was good to be back.” Ireland, where Collison is from and where Stripe maintains offices, has been a a voice critic of Israel throughout its war on Gaza.

As one of the leaders in facilitating online payments, his company remains strong. Stripe recently raised funds more than $70 billion.

Good to be back in Tel Aviv. I miss this run. pic.twitter.com/xc4LP1MkQm

— Patrick Collison (@patrickc) November 27, 2024