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Shopify creates new career tracks with even compensation for managers and 'crafters'

OTTAWA — Shopify Inc. is revamping its staffing and compensation model. The Ottawa-based e-commerce company says staff will now be split into two career tracks: managers and crafters.
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The Ottawa headquarters of Canadian e-commerce company Shopify are pictured on Wednesday, May 29, 2019. Shopify Inc. says it is revamping its staffing and compensation model. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

OTTAWA — Shopify Inc. is revamping its staffing and compensation model.

The Ottawa-based e-commerce company says staff will now be split into two career tracks: managers and crafters.

Compensation levels will be equivalent regardless of whether someone chooses to be a manager or a crafter.

Shopify says the model will reward people for the impact they make on the company regardless of whether they are a manager or not. 

It adds the model bucks trends that saw companies only succeed at incentivizing and rewarding managers because crafters will now have just as rich a career progression.

Shopify's moves come after it began giving staff a “total rewards wallet” last year that allows them to choose between cash and stock options for their compensation.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 1, 2023.

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