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☆ Shopify employees are shocked and worried after an abrupt shutdown of public Slack channels and wiped data. Here's why they think Shopify did it.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Madeline Stone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The decision was announced Tuesday as part of a plan called "Chaos Monkey 2023." The company said that Tuesday's "chaos monkey" changes were primarily intended to improve employees' ability to focus on their work. Two employees said they worried that the Slack changes in particular would reduce transparency and make their jobs more difficult. Shopify previously had dozens of public channels for special interests like photography and cryptocurrency. "And removing the public channels that are not directly work-related is another measure to weed out people, control narratives and people's conversations, and limit their opinions."

☆ Shopify abruptly shuts down Slack channels and cancels meetings in a move it's calling 'Chaos Monkey 2023'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Madeline Stone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

It shut down public Slack channels and deleted all meetings with more than two people. Shopify removed each employee from every existing public channel on the company's Slack workspace, deleted the message history from those public channels, and capped each channel at 150 members. Shopify previously had dozens of public channels for these special interests. Employees logged on to work Tuesday to see that they had been removed from all public Slack channels. But the company said that Tuesday's "chaos monkey" changes were primarily intended to improve employees' ability to focus on their work.

☆ Shopify had a bumpy 2022, with a stock split, layoffs, and more. These are the biggest stories about the e-commerce company.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Madeline Stone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

After seeing explosive sales and revenue growth during the earlier days of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Canadian e-commerce company saw its business come back down to earth this year. Shopify employees are granted restricted stock units, or RSUs, in addition to their base salaries. MayOn May 2, Shopify announced plans to acquire e-commerce fulfillment startup Deliverr for more than $2 billion. The acquisition was intended to help Shopify merchants offer one and two-day shipping to their customers. On December 15, Shopify announced that it was doubling down on its sustainability efforts by investing $11 million in carbon removal projects.

☆ Shopify told employees not to engage with tweets about its hosting of the controversial Libs of TikTok store, leaked messages show
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Madeline Stone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Shopify told employees not to engage with tweets about its business ties with Libs of TikTok. They were told not to engage with tweets about the Libs of TikTok store or discuss details of any store except with the owner of that store. CEO Tobi Lütke also appeared to block people who posted or engaged with tweets about the Libs of TikTok store and its use of Shopify's platform. "I personally don't condone this business making a profit by using the Shopify platform," another employee said. Lucas Jackson/ReutersShopify's policies have been criticized beforeIt's not the first time that Shopify's acceptable-use policy has been a topic of intense discussion.

☆ An ex-Shopify employee used her severance to found a new startup after getting laid off with 1,000 others. Here's why that can be a smart move in a downturn.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Stella Alexandrova was one of 1,000 employees laid off by e-commerce giant Shopify in July. She saw the layoff and five months of severance as an opportunity to launch a business. Alexandrova was one of 1,000 employees laid off at the e-commerce giant this summer. Shopify offered her five months of severance after being laid off, effectively "paying for me to be able to start my own thing," she said. A week after being laid off, Alexandrova started her travel app Mave to help people plan trips in minutes.

☆ Here's a rundown of tech companies that have announced layoffs in 2022
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Sofia Pitt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Days after Twitter's new boss Elon Musk slashed half his company's workforce, Facebook parent Meta announced its most significant round of layoffs ever. Last month, Meta announced a second straight quarter of declining revenue and forecast another drop in the fourth quarter. The tech industry broadly has seen a string of layoffs in 2022 in the face of uncertain economic conditions. Lyft: around 700 jobs cutLyft announced last week that it cut 13% of its staff, or about 700 jobs. In a letter to employees, CEO Logan Green and President John Zimmer pointed to "a probable recession sometime in the next year" and rising rideshare insurance costs.

☆ Shopify's new C-suite: After a year of high turnover, the new leaders at Shopify include a CFO poached from Morgan Stanley and a new HR lead who is working to overhaul the e-commerce company's perform
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Madeline Stone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Here are the people leading the e-commerce company through its next phase. Leinwand was previously senior vice president of engineering at Slack, and before that he was CTO at ServiceNow. Tia Silas, chief human resources officerTia Silas, Shopify's chief talent officer. John Asante, chief information-security officerJohn Asante, Shopify's chief information-security officer. Bobby Morrison, chief revenue officerMorrison joined Shopify as chief revenue officer — a new role for Shopify, reporting to the COO — in August.

☆ Read Shopify's leaked email to staff detailing a new talent review to root out a fresh 'baseline' for performance
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Madeline Stone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Shopify announced plans to revamp its performance management tools in a company-wide email. Silas said in a company-wide email on Friday that the new performance evaluation product is a continuation of that work. At one point, Silas' email refers to Shopify as a "high-performing sports team," which could be a nod to CEO Tobi Lütke's past notes about company culture. News of the revamped performance system comes as Shopify's workforce reels from the company's July layoffs of roughly 1,000 people. Other upcoming releases leading in to 2023Launching our New Performance Management approachConsistent internal taxonomy around job titles, groups and our structure.

☆ Leaked email: Shopify's new head of HR announces plans to overhaul performance reviews after layoffs and compensation turmoil
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Madeline Stone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Shopify said in a leaked email that it would be revamping its approach to performance evaluation. Shopify told employees in a company-wide email on Friday that it would be changing its approach to evaluating their work. "We are committed to delivering a product that better reflects your true contributions to Shopify," Silas wrote (emphasis hers) in the email, which was viewed by Insider. And according to several former employees, Shopify attributed laying off several dozen workers earlier this year to performance issues. If you're a Shopify employee with a story to share, contact this reporter at mstone@insider.com or on the encrypted messaging app Signal at (646) 889-2143 using a nonwork phone.

☆ In leaked survey, Shopify probes employees on their coworkers' productivity and whether they view Amazon as a rival
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Madeline Stone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Shopify asked employees to weigh in on their work, coworkers, and managers in its semiannual survey. In a company-wide survey sent out last week, Shopify asked employees a series of 60 questions focused on its workplace culture, worker productivity, and competition in the-ecommerce world. Called "Pulse" internally, the survey is sent out twice a year, a Shopify spokesperson said. The company spokesperson said that the survey responses would be confidential and reported only in aggregate to Shopify's leadership team. But the Amazon question comes as the rivalry between Shopify and Amazon has been heating up.

☆ Why an ex-Shopify manager quit after 'explosive' career growth to focus on her $2 million tea company
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Madeline Stone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

She said that changes to Shopify's culture convinced her it was time to make the leap. For Brady, changes to Shopify's culture were a big factor in her decision to leave. Tease hit $2 million in revenue in 2021, and Brady said she has a goal of hitting $5 million this year. What she first imagined as a temporary gig led to seven years and a team leadership role at Shopify. Brady said that Shopify's leadership was very encouraging of employees like her choosing to balance entrepreneurship with their full-time jobs.

☆ Shopify's new guard: Meet the 11 people leading the company after rampant turnover wiped out most of its C-suite
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Madeline Stone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Here are the people leading the e-commerce company through its next phase. Leinwand was previously senior vice president of engineering at Slack, and before that he was CTO at ServiceNow. Tia Silas, chief talent officerTia Silas, Shopify's chief talent officer. John Asante, chief information-security officerJohn Asante, Shopify's chief information-security officer. Bobby Morrison, chief revenue officerMorrison joined Shopify as chief revenue officer — a new role for Shopify, reporting to the COO — in August.

☆ Shopify's C-suite revamp could signal more acquisitions and a focus on services over software, analysts say
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Madeline Stone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Most of Shopify's C-suite has been replaced in the past two years. "There was some hope that they would reprioritize software, whether it's marketing-automation software or customer-engagement software," he added. The former chief technology officer Jean-Michel Lemieux, chief legal officer Joe Frasca, and chief talent officer Brittany Forsyth all departed in 2021. The chief product officer Craig Miller left the company a few months before that, in fall 2020. Shopify has yet to formally fill the chief product officer role, whose responsibilities Lütke said he would take on in the wake of Miller's departure.

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