Stripe is laying off 300 people, or about 3.5% of its global workforce, a spokesperson confirmed to CNN — and in emails to some terminated employees on Monday, the company accidentally sent an image of a yellow cartoon duck, adding awkward insult to injury.

Payment company Stripe accidentally sent an image of a cartoon duck to some of the employees who were being fired in the company’s latest round of layoffs. Stripe is cutting 300 jobs from its global workforce,

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

Stripe, the payment processing company, recently laid off 300 employees, or roughly 3.5% of its global workforce, as part of its annual review and planning for growth. However, the termination notifications were marred by an accidental image of a yellow cartoon duck being sent to some affected employees, reported CNN.

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

Stripe, a leading U.S.-based fintech company, mistakenly sent layoff notices with a cartoon duck image to 300 employees. The layoffs primarily affect roles in product, operations, and some in engineering.

The error, confirmed by a Stripe spokesperson, occurred during the company’s internal process of notifying impacted employees. The layoffs were first reported by Business Insider and later addressed in a memo to staff by Rob McIntosh,

Stripe is laying off approximately 300 people this week, and the company that provides digital payment processing seems to have made a royal gaffe in executing the firings. Business Insider reports that employees affected by layoffs received a PDF image of a duck in their emails, as well as a termination date that was not correct.