Klarna employees roast return-to-office plan with emojis as IPO hits the market
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- Klarna employees reacted negatively to the new return-to-office (RTO) policy using emojis like crying cats and thumbs down.
- The RTO policy requires employees to be in the office three days a week, citing talent retention as a reason.
- Negative emojis dominated the reactions, with 341 sad faces, 167 'no' emojis, and 149 sweat-faced sad emojis.
- A small number of positive reactions included 19 thumbs-up and 14 rocket ship emojis.
- Klarna's IPO is priced at $40 per share, with trading starting on the New York Stock Exchange.
- Despite user and revenue growth, Klarna reported a $52 million loss for the quarter ended June 30.
- Klarna disclosed paying over $16 million to climate nonprofits linked to the CEO's wife in the past five years.