Shopify CEO Says Era of ‘Office Centricity Is Over; Most Staff to Permanently Work From Home’

Shopify CEO Says Era of ‘Office Centricity Is Over; Most Staff to Permanently Work From Home’
An employee works at Shopify's headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on Oct. 22, 2018. Chris Wattie/Reuters
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The CEO of Canadian e-commerce firm Shopify declared on Thursday the end of “office centricity” and decided to keep company offices closed till 2021, allowing most employees to work remotely on a permanent basis after that.

Ottawa-based Shopify, which briefly became Canada’s most valuable company earlier this month, had more than 5,000 employees and contractors worldwide as of December.