A former Shopify employee who lost her job in a mass layoff had 25 job offers just two days later. The e-commerce company cut about 1,000 employees last month, or 10% of its workforce. Its CEO said the layoffs were needed because the e-commerce bump from the pandemic had not lasted. Loading Something is loading. A Shopify employee who lost her job when it sacked 10% of its workforce in late July said she had received 25 job offers just two days later. The e-commerce company laid off about 1,000 employees. According to a memo sent by CEO Tobi Lütke, the cuts were being made because Shopify had wrongly believed that the pandemic e-commerce bump would continue. “When the COVID pandemic set in, almost all retail shifted online because of shelter-in-place orders. Demand for Shopify skyrocketed,” he told staff.Expecting that demand to continue was incorrect, Lütke admitted: “Ultimately, placing this bet was my call to make and I got this wrong.” Insider found several posts from Shopify employees on LinkedIn who said they’d been laid off, including one from Caroline Dohrmann, who began as a content manager based in Germany just seven months ago.”Now I’m being forced to start over. I’ve tried to…
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Shopify Worker Had 25 Job Offers on LinkedIn 2 Days After Mass Layoff – Business Insider
