DoorDash Cuts 1,250 Jobs After Pandemic Hiring Surge

DoorDash Cuts 1,250 Jobs After Pandemic Hiring Surge
The DoorDash app on a smartphone in New York on Feb. 27, 2020. AP Photo
The Associated Press
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DoorDash is eliminating about 1,250 corporate jobs, or about 6 percent of its workforce, saying it hired too many people when delivery demand surged during the COVID-19 pandemic.

CEO Tony Xu said in a message to employees Wednesday that DoorDash was undersized before the pandemic and sped up hiring to catch up with its growth.