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.

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?

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,