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Tech CEO Apologizes for Quoting MLK While Laying Off Staff

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Some critics online accused the tone-deaf email, which announced a 7 percent reduction to PagerDuty's global staff, of being AI-generated.

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
PagerDuty CEO & Chairperson Jennifer Tejada speaks onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco 2019 at Moscone Convention Center on October 02, 2019 in San Francisco, California.
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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

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