Block
Jack Dorsey's financial services and digital payments company, formerly known as Square.
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"Block, formerly known as Square, is Jack Dorsey's payment company. They're contributing 17 billion in equity in the combined offer."
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"Here's what Jack Dorsey had to say about his company Block and layoffs."
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"We've seen layoffs from companies like Block, companies like Pinterest, Amazon, and a lot of them are flat out saying we're doing this because of AI."
"With a company like Block, maybe it's controversial, but I think it's more about the overhiring."
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"A great example is what Jack Dorsey is doing over at Block. After going deep on the tools, he's come to the same conclusion many have."
More from Y Combinator →"Jack Dorsey, founder of Square and Twitter, he has a company called Block just laid off 40% of their whole company. 4,000 people out of 10,000 and his stock went up 25%."
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"Block lays off 40% of the workforce."
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"Block lays off 40% of the workforce"
"Jack Dorsey just laid off 40% of the staff at Block from 10,000 to 6,000 employees."
"most of you have heard about Block's 40% layoffs by now, but the numbers are even worse. Engineering was hit harder. We've lost close to 70% of our engineers."
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"Jack Dorsey, one of the most prolific modern founders, has just laid off nearly half the staff of a company making more than $2 million in profit per employee"
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"If you look at Block, what's happening at Block? Like well, they lost 50% of their workforce. Like that's a massive cut."
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