<story><title>Stripe laying off around 14% of workforce</title><url>https://stripe.com/en-au/newsroom/news/ceo-patrick-collisons-email-to-stripe-employees</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>thunkle</author><text>I work for Stripe and got laid off this morning. Sucks because my manager was only told this morning, and didn&amp;#x27;t have a chance to talk about how well I was doing or take any part in the decision making. We&amp;#x27;ll at least I&amp;#x27;ll get a break. I worked nights and weekends all of October.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>TorKlingberg</author><text>&amp;gt; Sucks because my manager was only told this morning&lt;p&gt;As a manager I find their really curious. I guess they were trying to avoid leaks. I wonder how they chose who to lay off. Most recent performance rating? Next level managers impression?</text></comment>
<story><title>Stripe laying off around 14% of workforce</title><url>https://stripe.com/en-au/newsroom/news/ceo-patrick-collisons-email-to-stripe-employees</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>thunkle</author><text>I work for Stripe and got laid off this morning. Sucks because my manager was only told this morning, and didn&amp;#x27;t have a chance to talk about how well I was doing or take any part in the decision making. We&amp;#x27;ll at least I&amp;#x27;ll get a break. I worked nights and weekends all of October.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>bigstripedrama</author><text>Sorry you&amp;#x27;re going through this and hope you don&amp;#x27;t have too much stress. I also echo the sentiment about needing a break, I wish I got laid off today. I&amp;#x27;m not sure I can handle the Stripe culture that emerges from this.</text></comment>