PagerDuty CEO: I’m Sorry I Quoted Martin Luther King Jr. When I Laid Off All Those People
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 King Jr.—all in the same 1,669-word email. Tejada’s layoff delivery received widespread backlash on social media and prompted a series of news stories on the tech company, which specializes in digital operations management.
“I am reminded in moments like this, of something Martin Luther King said, that ‘the ultimate measure of a [leader] is not where [they] stand in the moments of comfort and convenience, but where [they] stand in times of challenge and controversy,’” Tejada said on Jan. 24, slightly changing the quote from one of King’s sermons published inIn a follow-up email to staff last Friday, Tejada said she was sorry and would have done things differently looking back.
“There are a number of things I would do differently if I could. The quote I included from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was inappropriate and insensitive. I should have been more upfront about the layoffs in the email, more thoughtful about my tone, and more concise. I am sorry,” she stated in the email, which was posted to
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