Stripe is laying off 300 people, or about 3.5% of its global workforce — and in emails to some terminated employees, the company accidentally sent an image of a yellow cartoon duck, a ...

Stripe accidentally sent an image of a cartoon duck to some staff in a layoff email, BI has learned. The company also sent some laid-off employees an incorrect termination date.

Stripe, the fintech that helps merchants process customer payments, laid off 300 employees on Monday. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg/Getty Images/File) A cute cartoon duck can be the bearer of bad news.