Important Announcement: Layoffs

Stu sent the following email to Slack employees earlier today. Slackers, I'm Stu 'Butterfingers' Butterfield, CEO of Slack and I'm writing to inform you that unfortunately, we must lay off 15% of our employees. As the head of this great company, I must take responsibility for this difficult decision. The truth is, science has been our doom. We thought the benefits of Slack were clear – we were giving our employees the power to work smart and get things done – but, as it turns out, too much of a good thing can be bad for productivity. In our effort to increase efficiency, we created an environment that was too efficient for our own good. As a result, there were fewer and fewer slack moments, leading to increased stress and decreased morale. We realized that something had to change and the only way to do that was by making some difficult decisions. We hope that those affected by this decision can find success elsewhere and we thank them all for their contributions to Slack. Sincerely, Stu 'Butterfingers' Butterfield