“In a 1,669-word email to employees, Tejada echoed the script many tech CEOs have recited in recent months, stating that today’s “volatile economy requires additional transformation” by the company.”
Jennifer Tejada cut about 7% of PagerDuty’s staff and called it “refining” the operating model. The same email celebrated promotions, reaffirmed FY23 guidance and promised a strong finish to the year. Then she edited Martin Luther King Jr. with brackets to make him talk about leaders. If the year is that strong, the layoffs were for the margin.