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Shopify layoffs

We've tracked 2 rounds of Shopify layoffs between Jul 2022 and May 2023, affecting 3,000 people in total. None of these cuts were publicly blamed on AI. Headcounts are what was reported at the time, and some may have changed since.

People affected

3K

Across tracked announcements

Announcements

2

Jul 2022 → May 2023

AI-attributed

0%

Of affected people

Every tracked announcement

  1. −2,000(20% of workforce)

    Company said it would be smaller by about 20% without giving a number (press estimates put it at more than 2,000 of about 11,600 staff); Flexport agreed to buy Shopify Logistics the same day.

    Source: Company letter

  2. −1,000(10% of workforce)

    CEO Tobi Lütke said his bet that the pandemic shift to e-commerce would be permanent had not paid off: 'placing this bet was my call to make and I got this wrong'.

    Source: Shopify (CEO memo)

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