🤡 I Take Full Responsibility 🤡
List of CEOs who have publicly taken full responsibility for the layoffs that happened as a result of their leadership decisions.
- Sundar Pichai
Former McKinsey consultant and CEO of the wildly profitable Alphabet
"I take full responsibility for the decisions that led us here."
Total Layoffs: ~12,000
- Mark Zuckerberg
Former college student and CEO of Meta
"I got this wrong, and I take responsibility for that."
Total Layoffs: ~11,000
- Marc Benioff
CEO of Salesforce & Philanthropist
"I take responsibility for that.""
Total Layoffs: ~8,000
- Jack Dorsey
CEO of Square & Former CEO of Twitter
"I own the responsibility for why everyone is in this situation"
Total Layoffs: ~3,700
- Brian Armstrong
Cryptobro and CEO of Coinbase
"This accountability rests fully with me..."
Total Layoffs: ~2,000
- Evan Speigel
Former fratboy and CEO of the wildly unprofitable Snapchat
"I take full responsibility..."
Total Layoffs: ~1,300
- Tony Xu
Former McKinsey consultant and CEO of Doordash
"I want (...) take accountability for this decision"
Total Layoffs: ~1,250
- David Risher
CEO of Lyft
"I own this decision, and understand that it comes at an enormous cost."
Total Layoffs: ~1,072
- Daniel Ek
CEO of Spotify
"I take full accountability for the moves that got us here today."
Total Layoffs: ~600
- Drew Houston
CEO of Dropbox
"I take take full ownership of this decision and the path that led us here."
Total Layoffs: ~500
- Jonah Peretti
CEO of Buzzfeed
"I could have managed these changes better as the CEO of this company and our leadership team could have performed better despite these circumstances."
Total Layoffs: ~180
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