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by kibwen 974 days ago
"I evaluated every role in the company and its relationship to solving important supply chain problems for our customers, which made me realize that myself and the entire C-suite are useless parasites, but we have to cut costs somewhere, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯"
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The article says CFO and head of HR were also let go.
The CFO and head of HR were not let go as part of this round of layoffs, they were fired shortly after Dave Clark left. [0]

[0]https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/27/flexport-loses-cfo-hr-chief-...

That's more of a tantrum move than a financial strategy move. It would likely have saved the company money of these two stayed on to help with the post-layoff chaos and prepare for the next round where they'd then depart and be done. That said, maybe their golden parachutes were large enough they opted to leave.