BuzzFeed Staff Unload on CEO Jonah Peretti After Massive Layoffs: You Make ‘Same Mistakes Over and Over’
BuzzFeed staffers chewed out CEO Jonah Peretti on the day that the company began laying off 15% of its staff.
On Friday, BuzzFeed News laid off 43 staffers, including much of its national security and entertainment teams. In the company’s internal Slack chatroom, staffers peppered Peretti with questions about the bloodbath.
In an apparent effort to comfort colleagues, Peretti said it was a “good idea” to allow employees to bring dogs to the office on Monday. One staffer shot back: “What if instead of letting people bring in dogs we paid out peoples’ PTO in all states, not just California?” The response garnered more than a hundred likes and upvotes.
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