Shopify Inc. declares it has laid off some of its staff to support streamline the e-commerce software giant.
Spokesperson Ben McConaghy would not provide a number of workers losing their jobs but declares in an email to The Canadian Press that the cuts impact a “fraction of a per cent” of Shopify’s team.
Financial markets firm LSEG Data & Analytics counted 8,100 Shopify employees as of December 2024. One per cent of that figure amounts to about 81 staff.
McConaghy declares the layoff is meant to reshift from the organization layers of complexity that don’t add merchant value.
He declares the cut will keep Shopify rapid, sharp and focapplyd on long-term merchant success.
Earlier in the year, the company built artificial innotifyigence apply an expectation for all workers and embedded the technology into performance reviews and product development.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 26, 2025.
Companies in this story: (TSX:SHOP)
Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press
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