Sebastian Siemiatkowski’s Post

You are kidding me ,,, right, Klarna? this is so tone-deaf I can’t even believe it. Those who affected = you mean your family who you got rid of, because you wanted to keep your bottom line. I left klarna one month after I joined. Best decision I made. Klarna is the most chaotic place I’ve ever been a part of, and knew immediately that something like a big lay-off was just a matter of time. Klarna needs to learn how to be lean, fix problems instead of throwing more ppl at it (and then letting go a bunch once you realize that costs a lot of money). I see that the person who recruited me from klarna is on this list. And someone who was so kind enough to show me around and get my laptop etc on my first day (because my then boss is an idiot who couldn’t arrange anything before my first day) is on this list. My heart aches. These people left their previous jobs, changed their living circumstances to come be part of your vision. And Sebastian Siemiatkowski, you see them as nothing but numbers. That is so demoralizing, dehumanizing and disgusting. I left my corporate job in the US, even after surviving a big layoff. If the company is not loyal to my colleagues, where’s the guarantee that they will be loyal to me? Don’t stay at Klarna.

For Klarna, it is 10%, but no matter how you look at it, it is about 700 individuals and their families who are affected by your careless attitude to company building where people's trust has been abused. The creation of this list is a clear sign of how poorly managed this "change" has been implemented that has forced people to desperately post their contact details. It is still a good job market and under controlled conditions every single person on the list had found a new opportunity without stress and pressure your management has put them in. After all, there are many examples where downsizing has been handled in a respectful way towards the individual. I hope you learn from this and mature as a company. In this case, you simply have a lot to learn from others.

I feel the exposure of thousands of email addresses in a public document is not so smart. I’d suggest to make the list available to recruiters that ask for it and not to the whole internet 😕

Much like your post about Russia, this is tone deaf. Maybe Klarna should consider new leadership, not letting go of talented staff 🤷♂️

I do think this was a great initiative. However, while this list is a gold mine for recruiters, it is also a gold mine for bad actors to target people who are in need of a job & who may be extra trusting. The fraud/risk professional in me really hopes that everyone on this list have also been given training on identifying social engineering & other job scams. Even a list of best practices would be important, such as: "do not click on any links sent to you via email or social media; instead, go out to the company website & look at their direct job postings" or "do not give ANY financial information to anyone who called you, even if they claim it's for a mandatory background/ credit check for a position, etc". I know of a few Fortune 100 companies that were circulating this Google sheet around their offices last week, so I know it's getting used as a resource and it can do some good. But, the potential risks could be adding a lot of "salt" to an already opened "wound" to job seekers & others who are in a vulnerable situation. Gabriel Friedlander at Wizer would be a great resource for putting together an informative training guide for those impacted. It'd even be a good initiative for Klarna to sponsor for former employees.

The team of JLink connecting experts GmbH is ready to help affected people to find new jobs - at well respected and established companies. Please contact our team at Bewerbung@JLink.de or drop me a message via LinkedIn directly and we will get in touch.

I don't know what are the strategic or technical issues with the decision of Klarna. I can say one thing as podcast host who have interviewed founder and CEOs of 140 internationally successful startups. I was told by Many successful CEOs that the best strength of professional talents and leaders are "empathy". people with good empathy can solve the other people's problems while smart people can solve only his or her problem... I can not feel any empathy around this posting. ZERO empathy. So sad.

Eva Loubani Mia Gisselsson Stefan Thorup Magnus Säll Annika Lantz Daniella Ibis Stefan Sahlberg

You have been criticized for the redundancies, but frankly, it is better to let people grumble now than to read in a year or two that Klarna has collapsed.  I'm also sure that people from the list won't be out of work for more than a few weeks (at most!).

What your team really needs is some outplacement assistance to find new positions. I hope you provided this to them, but if not, here are some free resources to help them: 1. 2022 Resume template and best practices - https://youtu.be/4G7ZeOZp7G4 2. 2022 Applicant Tracking System changes - https://youtu.be/Cu8wLUK08W4 3. Interview Bootcamp Series - https://youtu.be/qCm22sb7lO8 4. How To Network Effectively - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaJ9aDFc9hWaUz4lLd6ws4TKg0YNNtk3Z 5. How To Optimize Every Part of Your LinkedIn Profile - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaJ9aDFc9hWYtQT36aLAN9Q-80T-VEcil I hope this helps your displaced employees with their job search. #weareallinthistogether