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Equity Compensation and Other Benefit Plans - Restricted Stock Units (Details) - $ / shares	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
RSUs With Service Condition
Number of Shares
Outstanding at beginning of year (in shares)	921,308	712,160	457,376
Granted (in shares)	610,680	296,379	379,281
Settled (in shares)	(146,440)	(66,125)	(124,497)
Cancelled/forfeited (in shares)	(65,489)	(21,106)
Outstanding at end of year (in shares)	1,320,059	921,308	712,160
Vested but not settled at end of year (in shares)	635,595	394,996	285,734
Unvested at end of year (in shares)	684,464	526,312	426,426
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Share
Outstanding at beginning of year (in dollars per share)	$ 18.63	$ 20.22	$ 24.76
Granted (in dollars per share)	10.32	17.19	16.63
Settled (in dollars per share)	27.90	29.56	25.98
Cancelled/forfeited (in dollars per share)	13.44	17.63
Outstanding at end of year (in dollars per share)	14.01	18.63	20.22
Vested but not settled at end of year (in dollars per share)	15.63	20.67	20.89
Unvested at end of year(in dollars per share)	$ 12.52	$ 17.10	$ 19.77
RSUs With Market and Service Conditions
Number of Shares
Outstanding at beginning of year (in shares)	1,138,495	905,708	405,806
Granted (in shares)	997,383	381,397	602,156
Settled (in shares)	(190,800)	(112,752)	(102,254)
Cancelled/forfeited (in shares)	(77,236)	(35,858)
Outstanding at end of year (in shares)	1,867,842	1,138,495	905,708
Vested but not settled at end of year (in shares)	560,114	190,800	112,752
Unvested at end of year (in shares)	1,307,728	947,695	792,956
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Share
Outstanding at beginning of year (in dollars per share)	$ 15.76	$ 17.14	$ 25.03
Granted (in dollars per share)	7.95	16.04	13.60
Settled (in dollars per share)	21.98	27.86	27.62
Cancelled/forfeited (in dollars per share)	10.72	15.56
Outstanding at end of year (in dollars per share)	11.16	15.76	17.14
Vested but not settled at end of year (in dollars per share)	13.61	21.98	27.86
Unvested at end of year(in dollars per share)	$ 10.11	$ 14.51	$ 15.62
Expected term	1 year	1 year	1 year
RSUs
Number of Shares
Outstanding at beginning of year (in shares)	2,059,803	1,617,868	863,182
Granted (in shares)	1,608,063	677,776	981,437
Settled (in shares)	(337,240)	(178,877)	(226,751)
Cancelled/forfeited (in shares)	(142,725)	(56,964)
Outstanding at end of year (in shares)	3,187,901	2,059,803	1,617,868
Vested but not settled at end of year (in shares)	1,195,709	585,796	398,486
Unvested at end of year (in shares)	1,992,192	1,474,007	1,219,382
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Share
Outstanding at beginning of year (in dollars per share)	$ 17.04	$ 18.50	$ 24.89
Granted (in dollars per share)	8.85	16.54	14.77
Settled (in dollars per share)	24.55	28.49	26.72
Cancelled/forfeited (in dollars per share)	11.97	16.33
Outstanding at end of year (in dollars per share)	12.34	17.04	18.50
Vested but not settled at end of year (in dollars per share)	14.68	21.10	22.86
Unvested at end of year(in dollars per share)	$ 10.94	$ 15.43	$ 17.07
RSUs with Service Condition, weighted average grant date fair value based on share closing price
Number of Shares
Granted (in shares)	1,517,675	74,251	53,991
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Share
Weighted average volatility estimated	56.00%
Expected term	3 years
Weighted average risk-free rate	4.12%
Share price (dollars per share)		$ 13.67	$ 18.80
Remaining RSUs With Service Condition, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value Based on Share Closing Price
Number of Shares
Granted (in shares)	90,388
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Share
Share price (dollars per share)	$ 11.23
RSUs with Service Condition and both Service and Market Conditions
Number of Shares
Granted (in shares)		603,525	621,312
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Share
Weighted average volatility estimated		50.00%	48.00%
Expected term		3 years	3 years
Weighted average risk-free rate		1.04%	0.17%
RSUs With Service Condition, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value Based on Share Closing Price
Number of Shares
Granted (in shares)			306,134
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Share
Weighted average volatility estimated			54.00%
Expected term			2 years 6 months
Weighted average risk-free rate			0.36%

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