DoorDash's bright spot is Dashers

Pain at DoorDash HQ is being offset by strong delivery worker retention

We talked yesterday about why DoorDash is laying off 1,250 people, roughly 7% of its employees. The post goes into a lot more detail, but basically DoorDash hired too many people and found its costs—especially employee comp like salaries, bonuses, benefits, and stock-based compensation—getting out of control. After an initial pandemic boom, growth in re…