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 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, as well as a termination date that was not correct.

Stripe employees were sent PDF of a cartoon duck alongside their notice of role termination in a baffling HR mistake.