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Photo: Steve Jennings (Getty Images)PagerDuty CEO Jennifer Tejada, the author of the worst tech layoff email in recent months, wants you to know that she’s sorry. She refused to use the word “layoffs” and quoted Martin Luther King Jr., perhaps not right thing to do when laying off 7% of your employees.Tejada told employees that she regretted sending the Jan. 24 email where she announced layoffs, or as she called them, “refinements,” celebrated employee promotions, teased good financial results, and quoted Martin Luther…

The chief executive of a San Francisco startup apologized for quoting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in a layoff announcement, saying her email to employees was “inappropriate and insensitive.” Jennifer Tejada, chief executive at PagerDuty Inc., PD 3.80% a cloud computing company, told staff last week she was cutting 7% of employees. PagerDuty is one of a number of companies…

PagerDuty CEO Jennifer Tejada put her foot in her mouth.Photo: Steve Jennings (Getty Images)Considering the steady stream of layoffs coursing through the tech industry, it’s understandable that some CEOs want to take extra care when informing employees that their company will also be cutting jobs. However, calling layoffs “refinements” and quoting Martin Luther King Jr. is not the way to go.Unfortunately, that’s exactly what PagerDuty CEO Jennifer Tejada did earlier this week, prompting shock and ridicule on social media.…

A sign is posted in front of a Google office on April 26, 2022 in San Francisco, California. Google parent company Alphabet will report first quarter earnings today after the closing bell.Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesCheck out the companies making headlines before the bell:Netflix — The streaming stock jumped more than 6% after Netflix reported its latest quarterly results. While Netflix missed earnings expectations, it added more subscribers than analysts were forecasting. The firm also announced…