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INVALID URL: Shopify to lay off 10% (~1000) of staff

3 pointsby omair_inamalmost 3 years ago

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omair_inamalmost 3 years ago
Key takeaways:<p>* Shopify cutting ~1000 workers: most of the layoffs will occur in recruiting, support and sales units<p>* First big layoffs the company has announced since Mr. Lütke started the company in 2006.<p>* Shopify’s shares fall 15% to about $31<p>* Tobi Lütke: &quot;It’s now clear that bet (that surging e-commerce sales growth would last past the Covid-19 pandemic’s ebb) didn’t pay off... I got this wrong&quot;<p>* Laid off workers to be offered 16 weeks of severance to the laid-off workers, plus one week for every year of service
omair_inamalmost 3 years ago
Actual discussion here: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=32237574" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=32237574</a>