@@ -1,1 +1,1 @@ - +id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body" data-component="trackCWV"> Shopify is the latest to cut stuff, announcing Tuesday it will will lay off . The Canadian e-commerce company's CEO Tobi Lutke noted the company's pandemic-driven expansions "didn't pay off." Roughly will be affected, according to The [https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Wall%20Street Wall Street] Journal.<br>Most of the affected roles are in recruiting, [https://discover.hubpages.com/search?query=support support] and sales, with a companywide focus on eliminating "over-specialized and duplicate roles," Lutke said in a statement.<br><br>He acknowledged that [https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/?s=Shopify Shopify] made "a bet" by expanding its workforce as e-commerce shopping boomed with the COVID-19 pandemic and the [https://www.exeideas.com/?s=withdrawal withdrawal] from physical retail shopping.<br><br>"It's now clear that bet didn't pay off.<br><br> What we see now is the mix reverting to roughly where pre-COVID data would have suggested it should be at this point," Lutke said in a statement. "Now, we have to adjust. As a consequence, we have to say goodbye to some of you [https://www.rtnewstoday.com/ RT News Today] and I'm deeply sorry for that.