Stripe, the Bay Area’s second most valuable startup, emailed a layoff notice to 300 workers - along with a cartoon picture. Is this the way to handle layoffs?

Stripe is laying off 300 employees, Fortune has learned. The company told staffers it would keep growing headcount despite the cuts.

Payments software company Stripe accidentally emailed an image of a cartoon duck to some employees when notifying them that they had been laid off, Business Insider has learned. The company laid off 300 staff on Monday,

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. Business Insider reports that employees affected by layoffs received a PDF image of a duck in their emails,