Block Announces Major Layoffs Amid Restructuring, Employee's Termination Found to be a Clerical Error

Tech entrepreneur Jack Dorsey’s financial services firm Block recently announced that it is reducing its workforce by nearly half, a move that will affect more than 4,000 employees as part of a sweeping restructuring.

Amid the layoffs, one employee revealed that his termination had been the result of a clerical mistake and that the company had asked him to return. Andrew Harvard, a Block employee who had earlier announced his exit on X, initially wrote, “I enjoyed my time at Block.

I got to work with great people, honed my skills, and built some cool stuff.” However, he later posted an update saying the layoff had been reversed. “Update: Block leadership informed me that my layoff was due to a clerical error. They offered me the opportunity to return, and I’ve accepted,” Harvard wrote on X.

Update: Block leadership informed me that my layoff was due to a clerical error. They offered me the opportunity to return, and I’ve accepted. https://t.co/IZBHCzp5pN In a note to employees that was later shared publicly, Dorsey described the restructuring as one of the most difficult decisions in the company’s history.