Shopify Tumbles Most Since May After Staff Cuts and CEO’s Gloomy Outlook
- About 1,000 jobs affected, most in recruiting, support, sales
- Rapid expansion was a bet that ‘didn’t pay off’: CEO Lutke
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Canadian e-commerce firm Shopify Inc. will cut about 10% of its workforce Tuesday, as Chief Executive Officer Tobi Lutke acknowledged the company’s decision to expand rapidly coming out of the Covid-19 pandemic didn’t pay off.
The move will eliminate about 1,000 jobs out of 10,000 or so total employees at Shopify. Most of the affected roles are in recruiting, support and sales, Lutke said in a memo on the company’s website.