Coinworld reported on March 19 that payment company Block has quietly rehired some employees after laying off 4,000 people at the end of February. Multiple employees posted on LinkedIn saying they received rehiring invitations. One design engineer stated that their layoff was due to a "paperwork error" and has accepted the rehiring offer; a technical director said he spent two days convincing management that more staff was needed to continue work on critical infrastructure for customers, allowing some laid-off colleagues to return; a creative strategy director said they received a rehiring invitation about a week after being laid off, but did not specify the reason. Block CEO Jack Dorsey acknowledged during the layoffs that the decision may have been mistaken and reserved flexibility to correct it, while pointing out that developments in AI tools forced the company to restructure.