Dr. Martin Luther King addresses people on April 3 1968; PagerDuty CEO Jennifer Tejada in October 2019
PagerDuty CEO Jennifer Tejada said the quote she had included from Martin Luther King Jr. was "inappropriate and insensitive."
  • PagerDuty's CEO has apologized for quoting Martin Luther King Jr. in an email about mass layoffs.
  • The email, which also included info on an executive promotion, has been criticized as tone-deaf.
  • The quote was "inappropriate and insensitive" and the email's tone was wrong, CEO Jennifer Tejada said.

The CEO of tech company PagerDuty has apologized for quoting Martin Luther King Jr. in an email to staff announcing mass layoffs.