In the AI era, revenue-per-employee is the new Big Tech metric

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Jack Dorsey outlines how AI will change Block's org chart — and replace managers with 'player-coaches'

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Jack Dorsey co-authored a blog with Roelof Botha, outlining Block's future.

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A small number of Block employees say they were rehired after layoffs

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Jack Dorsey's Block laid off over 4,000 employees. A small number say they've since been rehired.

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Layoff announcements are reading more like AI-era manifestos

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Atlassian CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes (left) and Block CEO Jack Dorsey have written memos announcing layoffs and explaining their visions for their respective companies.

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A software CEO called me on the weekend recently with painful predictions. One is already coming true.

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The Atlassian logo on a Formula 1 car

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Block employee says the company dangled a 75% pay raise to get her to stay after layoffs — but she decided to quit

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Jack Dorsey

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Salesforce CEO says Block's cuts shouldn't fuel worries of mass layoffs: 'That company has its own unique issues'

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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says up to 50% of his company's work is now being performed by AI. Really?

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Laid off by Block, reunited on Slack: Inside the 3,800-person 'Square Mafia'

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3,807 former Block employees gather in a single Slack channel, the "Square Mafia."

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Here is how Block's severance package compares to other tech companies in past layoffs

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Block CEO Jack Dorsey.

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Inside Block's AI push that ended in pink slips

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Jack Dorsey's Block is looking for more senior AI engineering talent amid a 40% workforce reduction at the company.

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