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Picture of a Duck Accidentally Sent to Stripe Workers Being Laid Off

Tech companies can't seem to figure out how to lay people off without making some type of gaffe.

Stripe is laying off approximately 300 people this week, and the company that provides digital payment processing seems to have made a royal gaffe in executing the firings. On Blind, a discussion board where employees of the tech industry can speak anonymously, Stripe staffers joked somebody should quickly make a custom duck emoji in the company’s Slack. Better.com’s CEO received intense heat and took a leave of absence after he laid off 900 people over Zoom, a call during which he accused the affected employees of “stealing” by not working hard enough.

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