[dcgudeman]

Don't you think this is pretty childish? When market conditions change companies need to adapt, sometimes that means laying people off. Isn't that the job of the CEO? They are responsible for the health of the company overall. I don't see why they should be punished for making adjustments to make the company competitive.

[azakai]

In general I agree with you, yes, market conditions change, and CEOs need to make sometimes tough choices in response.

However, the specific context here is this quote from the CEO:

> we were not as rigorous as we should have been in managing our team growth. That’s on me.

If the CEO admits they made a mistake that led to the current layoffs then I think it would be admirable to take personal responsibility and accept some personal consequences as a result.

[xpe]

> When market conditions chance, companies need to adapt

I agree with that part ^

Let me frame this more broadly. _How_ and _when_ should companies adapt? There are many ways, across many timescales.

I'll give a made up example, hopefully in a reasonable ballpark. A company needs to save $250M / year. Let's say there are three options under consideration, not mutually exclusive / can be blended:

Option A: Lay off 1% of 10,000 employees, saving $250M/year.

Option B: 15% across the board salary cuts, saving $250M/year.

Option C: Lower executive and VP-level compensation packages (salary, options, stock, deferred pay, etc), saving $250M.

Fairness in service of the company goals means that all viable options are given due consideration.

It is relatively easy for a CEO to do lay offs, even if other options (lowering their own comp) has better effects.

[hackernewds]

When the company does well they receive exorbitant bonuses. The CEO of Doordash is privy to a $400m bonus hitting some milestones, that more than pays of the jobs laid off today.

[bhahn]

To be clear, the $400m "bonus" isn't a bonus at all. It's an incentive package that's based on the price of the stock sustaining over 180 days, and the first milestone of this incentive package starts at $187.50, which is >3x the current price. $DASH was above $187.50 last year but didn't meet the 180 day duration requirement.

In other words, Tony hasn't gotten paid anything from this package, and may never will.

The package is described in the revised s1, and DoorDash is required to report it because they have to account for this package (probabilistically via Monte Carlo simulations) on their books.

https://d18rn0p25nwr6d.cloudfront.net/CIK-0001792789/8e0717f...