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Layoffs Continue in 2023 as Tech Firms Grapple with New Reality

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Much of the chaos and dust kicked up by the Covid-19 Pandemic is still shifting before settling. The once-consistent work environment is now a spectrum from all-office to all-remote across companies, impacting corporate culture and leaving entire downtown cores in a state of a flux. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. In this new market, tech talent is […]

No Slacking! Shopify Looks to Remove ‘Bloated, Noisy, Distracting’ Elements of Workplace

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Ottawa-based e-commerce pioneer Shopify has a storied past—one primarily of success and innovation in Canada. After going public, Shopify’s stock price knew only one direction for years: up. Until the start of last year, the company seemed invincible. Then the global post-Pandemic unravelling began, and many such invincible firms revealed chinks in their armour. Laying […]

Tech Job Postings Down as Companies Grapple with Volatile Conditions

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Postings for Canadian tech roles are down in a big way, Indeed revealed this week. Tech roles on the job search company’s platform have dropped 32% since May, well ahead of a 9% drop across all sectors. “We’ve gone from really a market in full-out overdrive, where there are such plentiful opportunities for job seekers […]

With Many Roles to Fill, Steadily Growing Linus Media Group Joins Virtual Job Fair

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YouTube was a different sort of platform, operating on a different kind of internet, back when Linus Sebastian launched his first channel in 2007. The content creator’s success through Linus Tech Tips has transcended shifts in social media and other technologies. The friendly and helpful persona of Linus himself—and more recently, a growing team of […]

Flex Comp: ‘Flexible’ Means More Than Just Remote, Shopify Shows

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For employers hoping to entice top tech talent in Canada, salary is no longer king. Today, workforce expectations have shifted since pre-Pandemic. Results earlier this year revealed that, in the bid for talent, high salaries are not enough to mitigate frustrating work, as 71% said they would never take a job that is frustrating or unrewarding—even […]

7 Options for Skilled Foreign Workers Recently Laid Off in Canada

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Several tech-driven firms in Canada recently laid off a sizeable percentage of their workforce. These deep staff cuts may have affected many skilled foreign workers, both tech and non-tech, who had their work permit status in Canada tied to their employers. The situation with foreign workers is more peculiar compared to those who are Canadian […]

Amid Layoffs and Possible Recession, Tech Employees Not in Good Spirits

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Several thousand Canadians employed in the technology sector have been laid off this year, as a brief post-Pandemic surge has quickly soured into a global downturn. Layoffs hail from a wide range of companies, including Ottawa’s Shopify, Toronto’s Clearco, and Vancouver’s Article and Unbounce. The freshly rebranded Hootsuite took a particularly large hit, trimming 30% of […]

Shopify To Lay Off 1,000 Employees Today

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Early last year Shopify announced plans to double the size of its engineering team in 2021 by hiring 2,021 new technical staff. Today Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke announced that Shopify would be reducing their workforce by 10%, approximately 1,000 employees, by the end of the day. According to Lütke, the layoffs are necessary as the e-commerce boom that fuelled […]

Eleven Tech Companies Looking For Canadian Talent In 2022

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If someone asked you to guess which city in North America has the fastest growing technology market, you might guess San Francisco or Austin. But you’d be looking too far south. According to a recent Tech Talent Report, Toronto is actually North America’s fastest-growing technology market, and Vancouver isn’t far behind. High-growth companies across Canada have […]

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