Fintech Block fired 931 people, approximately 8% of the company’s staff on Tuesday, according to a message issued by the first company Techcrunch.
The news was announced to the staff in an email by the co -founder and CEO of the Block, Jack Dorsel. Dorsey told staff that on Tuesday, the block will be “making some changes to the Org, including eliminating roles and starting the consultation process in places where it is required.”
These are the latest changes to hit the block, the Dorey financial services giant that owns CASH App and Square. The company offers mobile payment services to consumers as well as hardware and software of sales for businesses.
In Email, Dorsey explained that the block is cutting roles into three wide buckets. The first one order is 391 people who are cut for “strategy” reasons.
The second and larger bucket, 460 people, is because of “performance”, with Dorssey explaining that the block is resting employees marking an “below” rating in the metropos of the company’s internal performance, or were shaking towards it.
The third bucket is managers, 80 of whom are being cut in order to flatten the block hierarchy in “InnerCore+4”, which refers to Doresey’s direct reports and then four levels of direct reports beyond, according to a well -known source. Dorsey also said that 193 managers have moved to individual contributors roles.
Dorsey’s email denies that dismissals are for financial reasons or to replace workers with him. On the contrary, he said the block is cutting roles due to the shift of strategic needs while “raising the ribbon and the fastest action on performance”.
Dorsey also noted that the Block is closing 748 open roles in the company, with the exception of those who have advanced in a phase of offers, critical operations roles and key leadership roles, among other things.
The last bloc under undergoing dismissal in January 2024, when it trimmed about 1,000 roles. Since December 2024, the dress had about 11,300 staff members around the world, according to the latest presentation of the 10K company.
The block did not respond immediately to a comment request.
Below is the entire email DORSEY sent to block employees on Tuesday. The grammar and format of this text have been slightly modified to protect the resources that shared it with Techcrunch. The email follows:
Hello to everyone.
Today we will make some changes to the Org, including the elimination of roles and the start of the consultation process in the countries where it is required. I want to give you all the right facts.
As I said in the last block there are three areas we would like to address:
- Strategy: Landing from teams that are out of strategy, and regulating our discipline reports.
- Performance: Sharing ways with people with a “below” or tendency to “below”.
- Hierarchy: Driving to flatten org at a maximum innerchore depth+4
What translates to the current number of people:
- Hierarchy: 80 managers (with 193 roles of individual IT contributor)))
We are also closing all 748 roles we had open with the exception of:
- Roles advanced to offer the phase.
- critical operational roles
None of the above points are trying to hit a specific financial objective, replacing people with him, or changing our account cap. They are specific to our strategy needs, raising the ribbon and acting faster in performance, and flattening our orgs so that we can move faster and with less abstraction.
Why do you do it all immediately instead of time over time? We are behind in our actions, and this is not right for individuals working here or the company. When we know, we have to move and there was not enough movement. We have to move to help us meet and stay ahead of the transformative moment that is our industry.
This is the hardest part of my work, and I fight a lot against any of these considerations. We need to have a very high tape of correctness for us to take any action, which requires repetition and time to get right. I always balance this with the fact that everyone here, and those who are leaving, have capital in our company. No my job is to increase that value. We believe this will help us to focus and execute better to do it only.
We are working to give clarity for everyone as soon as possible, with as much context and support as possible. You will receive an email soon what this means to you. If there are areas where you think we could do better, please send me a note. The direct reaction makes us better, and I always act when it makes sense.
Thank you for all who leave us. I am grateful and grateful to you and your work, which has built us up to this point. We will continue to honor it by increasing our value to our clients, and therefore for all our shareholders, including you.
Thank you,
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This story was updated at 4:28 pm on Tuesday to include full email by notifying holidays.
