[dgobaud]

You think there should be negative consequences to the founders for expertly managing the business...?

To many it looked like covid, wfh, etc resulted in a new world with a permanent step level increase in the internet economy that caused Stripe's business to dramatically increase and thus the founders grew the company to support the activity and continue being the best and most innovative internet payment service.

It turns out unfortunately the growth was temporary, inflation skyrocketed, and the world is probably heading into a recession that will further decrease or slow the growth of the internet economy and thus Stripe's business, so the founders are acting quickly and responsibly to cut costs in order to maintain a position of financial strength and continue growing the business and being the best and most innovative internet payment service.

In time, if Stripe continues to succeed and have exceptional business performance, the consequences to the founders should be financial reward for taking quick and effective beneficial action that grew the business.