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LAYOFFS

Laying off half your team is the hardest thing a founder can do. We built too fast for a market that moved too fast. The technology is right. The timing was too hot.

downturnlayoffsRoham Gharegozlou, The Information interview, 2023

We laid off over 2,500 people. That was the hardest thing I have ever done. I hired too many people too fast during the boom. That is my responsibility and I own it completely.

accountabilitylayoffsEmployee Memo, 2023