Irvin Thevaranjan was blindsided by his layoff.
The day before, the head of governance risk and controls at delivery service Grubhub had a stellar performance review with his boss, who told him that he had lots of opportunities in front of him at the company.
Less than a day later, though, he found himself on a call where most participants weren’t visible, and no one could unmute themselves. “That’s when I was like ‘Oh crap, this is the wrong call to be on,'” he said.
In the hours afterward, Thevaranjan started piecing together a list of the hundreds of others who lost their jobs at Grubhub that day in February 2025. Then, he had an idea: What…
