{"id":1829614,"date":"2023-01-31T07:05:37","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T12:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1829614"},"modified":"2023-01-31T07:07:37","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T12:07:37","slug":"ceo-apologizes-for-quoting-mlk-jr-in-layoff-email-to-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ceo-apologizes-for-quoting-mlk-jr-in-layoff-email-to-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"CEO Apologizes for Quoting MLK Jr in Layoff Email to Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fceo-apologizes-for-quoting-mlk-jr-in-layoff-email-to-staff%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1829614&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"contain\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>Kevin Hassett, former Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, reacts to Big Tech companies cutting jobs. He told &#8216;Cavuto Coast to Coast&#8217; that data shows that the economy is headed towards recession.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/business-leaders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PagerDuty CEO Jennifer Tejada<\/a> After being called a liar by critics, she has since apologized to her employees &#8220;tone-deaf&#8221; In her layoff memo, she quoted Martin Luther King Jr.<\/p>\n<p>Tejada who is the chief of cloud computing company admitted on Friday that using a quote of the civil rights leader while announcing that the company was going to let go of 7% of its global workforce was inexcusable. &#8220;a number of things&#8221; She would have done it differently.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The quote I included from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was inappropriate and insensitive. I should have been more upfront about the layoffs in the email, more thoughtful about my tone, and more concise,&#8221; Tejada said. &#8220;I am sorry.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/economy\/tech-layoffs-continue-ibm-sap-announce-massive-cuts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TECH LAYOFFS CONTINUE, AS IBM, SAP ANNOUNCE LARGE CUTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tejada stated that the reductions were necessary in the letter he sent to employees on Tuesday. &#8220;to set PagerDuty up for long term success.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>PagerDuty can be found in a variety of ways. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/lifestyle\/amazon-microsoft-google-parent-alphabet-top-growing-list-layoffs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A large number of tech firms<\/a> As they cope with the uncertain economy, these companies have had to reduce their workforce.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/economy\/are-tech-layoffs-canary-us-jobs-market\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TECH LAYOFFS: CAN TECH LAYOFFS BE A CANARY IN THE US JOB MARKET?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"inline image-ct\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/931\/523\/PagerDuty-CEO-2.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"PagerDuty CEO\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Jennifer Tejada at the SAAS Monster Stage on Day 2 of Web Summit 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal.\u00a0<\/span><span> (Piaras \u00d3 M\u00eddheach\/Sportsfile for Web Summit via Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tejada <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/economy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Notice the layoffs<\/a> &#8220;will be painful for those Dutonians impacted, their loved ones and their teammates, because every PagerDuty employee is an important, valuable part of our community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But she concluded the letter with the words, &#8220;Partially.&#8221; &#8220;I am reminded in moments like this, of something Martin Luther King said, that &#8216;the ultimate measure of a [leader] is not where [they] stand in the moments of comfort and convenience, but where [they] stand in times of challenge and controversy.'&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chief executive said that she had communicated the layoffs in a clear and concise manner &#8220;distracted from our number one priority: showing care for the employees we laid off, and demonstrating the grace, respect, and appreciation they and all of you deserve.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/media\/concerns-over-white-collar-recession-grow-goldman-sachs-morgan-stanley-amazon-others-cut-jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CONCERNS OVER A \u2018WHITE COLLAR RECESSION\u2019 GROW AS GOLDMAN SCHACHS, MORGAN STEY, AMAZON, AND OTHERS CUT JOBS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tejada made her apologies after she said that &#8220;many&#8221; Employees provided feedback throughout the week. Although, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/social-media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Users of social media<\/a> She also attacked her for her move.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The most tone-deaf layoff email I read so far was written yesterday, and it comes from PagerDuty CEO Jennifer Tejada,&#8221; One user tweeted. &#8220;The email is vey [sic] long, and feels like it was written by an AI that took all the phrases that people usually say, and put it one long email.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another user tweeted, &#8220;Another user tag the company in tweet saying: &#8220;Maybe don&#8217;t quote MLK when firing 7% of your workforce?&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/apps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>PagerDuty announced December revenue growth of 31.1% to $94.2million for the third quarter. From $26.3 million, the operating loss increased to $32.5million.<\/p>\n<p>PagerDuty expects to generate total revenue between $368 and $370.0 million for the full fiscal year 2023. This represents a growth rate 31% year-over-year and a net loss of $0.01 to $0.00 per share, assuming approximately 90,000,000 basic shares and 101,000,000 diluted shares.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"embed\">\n<p><strong>Pagerduty Inc<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>.<\/p><\/div>\n<table class=\"stock-fundamentals\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"ticker\">Ticker<\/th>\n<th class=\"security\">Security<\/th>\n<th class=\"last\">Last<\/th>\n<th class=\"change\">Change<\/th>\n<th class=\"percent\">Change %<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"ticker\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/quote?stockTicker=PD\">PD<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"security\">PAGERDUTY INC.<\/td>\n<td class=\"last\">28.70<\/td>\n<td class=\"change neg\">-0.70<\/td>\n<td class=\"percent neg\">-2.38%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin Hassett, former Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, reacts to Big Tech companies cutting jobs. 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