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Shopify will be smaller by about 20% and Flexport will buy Shopify Logistics

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Re: Shopify will be smaller by about 20% and Flexport will buy Shopify Logistics

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Post by bhargav »

monero-xmr wrote: post #50
bhargav wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

“Better for society” sounds like an overstatement. I think you mean better for Shopify or their investors. Are you excluding those 20% MFs that are getting fired from Society? Where are they gonna do their scissoring now?

You are falling into the trap of the Luddites. As a society we allow layoffs because it reallocates skilled workers to new areas that actually need them. Otherwise why not pay people to dig holes and fill them back in again, forever?

Not saying downsizing does not make sense, but its a stretch to say that its a service to our society to downsize one's company.

> As a society we allow layoffs because it reallocates skilled workers to new areas that actually need them

This more sounds like a trap mindset to me to be honest. Its associating some sort of morality to what is just regular part of running a business. Companies do what's best for the company and its investors first and foremost.

Re: Shopify will be smaller by about 20% and Flexport will buy Shopify Logistics

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Post by andsoitis »

bambataa wrote: post #143

Is this the same CEO who decided to double the engineering team in a single year? https://techcouver.com/2021/01/06/shopify-to-double-engineer... Aren’t CEOs paid ludicrously well to make long term decisions, rather than just flail around?

He is also a co-founder and owns 7% of the company.

Re: Shopify will be smaller by about 20% and Flexport will buy Shopify Logistics

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Post by tmshu1 »

softwaredoug wrote: post #145

I worked at Shopify until the Fall. Shopify was just a really fun place to work. And in part this was because they did a really good job of interviewing. Technical, yes, but in particular behaviorally. So I can honestly say that many of the colleagues I know being let go are truly great colleagues. They were some of the most impactful people I worked with in my org (discovery) and they are a great get for any company…

Can you share a bit about what they did well in the behavioral interviews? Do you have specific examples? Would love to learn some best practices

Re: Shopify will be smaller by about 20% and Flexport will buy Shopify Logistics

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Post by drom55 »

amanj41 wrote: post #160

>16 weeks severance per year of tenure. I know this sounds insensitive but I am slightly envious Edit: am dumbass. plus one week per year of tenure as corrected below. Still not bad IMO

it's 16 weeks severance + 1 week per year of tenure

Re: Shopify will be smaller by about 20% and Flexport will buy Shopify Logistics

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Post by madaxe_again »

amanj41 wrote: post #160

>16 weeks severance per year of tenure. I know this sounds insensitive but I am slightly envious Edit: am dumbass. plus one week per year of tenure as corrected below. Still not bad IMO

“16 weeks severance plus a week for every year of tenure at Shopify” is what it says, which isn’t what you’ve stated there.

Re: Shopify will be smaller by about 20% and Flexport will buy Shopify Logistics

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Post by qbasic_forever »

nness wrote: post #7
gurchik wrote: post #4

> We legally need the work laptop back, but we’ll help pay for a new one to replace it. What law? I’m not criticizing Spotify at all for this decision, I’m just genuinely curious. A few other companies recently are giving away the laptops so I’m wondering what is different here.

They're likely speaking of their liability should a employee's laptop, containing sensitive information, ever be stolen or re-sold (or simply, left in the hands of an ex-employee with a grudge.) It would be difficult for a IT department to guarantee, for sure without replacing the internals of the device, that the device doesn't contain sensitive information. Probably easier from an inventory and IT security perspect…

That's bizarre or just shoddy IT. Every major platform has remote wipe and self destruct capabilities, control over full disk encryption, etc. I guess they let people bring their own devices and just not follow solid IT practices?

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Post by hgsgm »

Arubis wrote: post #155

“We will also keep Slack and internal email open today for everyone so we can share farewells.” That’s drastically different. Most orgs that’ve run layoffs over the last few years have terminated access immediately, or even before informing those losing jobs. This feels more human, and I hope it goes well for them.

It's very European.

Re: Shopify will be smaller by about 20% and Flexport will buy Shopify Logistics

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Post by mabbo »

I was impacted. I still will speak highly of the company.

Good people. Very few assholes. The mission feels good, like it's not a net negative on the planet. Lot of churn internally, but often handled in a positive way.

I'm fortunate that I've got a decent nest egg set aside, and I can afford to spend the rest of the summer just being with my wife and daughter. It sucks that it's happened but I'm not worried about the future (yet).

Re: Shopify will be smaller by about 20% and Flexport will buy Shopify Logistics

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Post by TheCaptain4815 »

nness wrote: post #11

Shopify also bumped their prices 33% earlier in the year. As a small-business Shopify merchant, I would appreciate more competition in the market.

BigCommerce is up and coming and basically a "better" version of Shopify. Having managed multiple 7fig stores on Shopify, you're in a constant state of battle against the platform to have it do what you want.
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