Stock-Based Compensation - Schedule of Employee Awards and Non-employee Director Award Plan Activity (Parenthetical) (Detail) - $ / shares shares in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2022	Mar. 31, 2022
RSU
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted stock units weighted average grant date fair value	$ 2.95	$ 2.72
Employees Awards \| RSU \| Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Tranche One
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	3 years	3 years
Restricted stock units grant date fair value	66,600	12,800
Employees Awards \| RSU \| Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Tranche Two
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	4 years	4 years
Restricted stock units grant date fair value	2,102,717	75,615
Employees Awards \| Market RSU's
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted stock units weighted average grant date fair value	$ 6.10
Vesting date	May 10, 2025
Employees Awards \| Market RSU's \| Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Tranche One
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Rights, Percentage	0.00%
Employees Awards \| Market RSU's \| Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Tranche Two
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Rights, Percentage	50.00%
Employees Awards \| Market RSU's \| Index Target 50th Percentile
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Rights, Percentage	100.00%
Employees Awards \| Market RSU's \| Index Target 75th Percentile
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Rights, Percentage	200.00%
Employees Awards \| Market RSU's \| Index Target 90th Percentile or Higher
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Rights, Percentage	300.00%
Non-employee Directors Awards \| RSU
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted stock units weighted average grant date fair value	$ 2.95

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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