'Useful subtraction' | By axing meetings, Shopify sets a blueprint for reducing staff burnout

Shopify has axed thousands of meetings from employee schedules for the coming weeks, while also encouraging employees to turn down any meetings they see fit.

According to an internal memo, seen by the likes of Bloomberg and CNN, the Canada-based multinational e-commerce giant is to scrap previously scheduled recurring meetings involving three or more employees. Additionally, it will impose a minimum two week ban on reinstating any of these events back to work calendars.