Stripe, the Bay Area’s second most valuable startup, emailed a layoff notice to 300 workers - along with a cartoon picture.

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

The payments company laid off 300 employees on Monday, primarily in product, engineering, and operations roles.

Stripe accidentally sent a PDF image of a cartoon duck to 300 employees it was attempting to lay off as an attachment to their termination emails.