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The original source seems to be posted at https://www.flexport.com/blog/flexport-co-ceos-note-to-employees/ https://www.flexport.com/blog/flexport-co-ceos-note-

The original source seems to be posted at https://www.flexport.com/blog/flexport-co-ceos-note-to-employees/ https://www.flexport.com/blog/flexport-co-ceos-note-to-emplo...

CityOfThrowaway 4y ago
Interesting that they say: > At Flexport, 2023 is going to bring extraordinary velocity – we are in the process of doubling our software engineering talent and moving to single threaded business organizations to build world class products faster, and we will continue to invest in delivering best-in-class operational execution for our customers. Looks like they are laying off non-tech workers who they have made (or will make) obsolete through automation
- globalise83 4y ago
  moving to single threaded business organizations What does that even mean? They are only able to do one thing at a time? Doesn't sound like a recipe for business success to me...
  - panda88888 4y ago
    Probably removing redundancy in the business flow process path?
  - JimtheCoder 4y ago
    "They are only able to do one thing at a time?" To be fair, many new businesses cannot do one thing at a time, so maybe singular focus is a good thing at this stage...
  - paxys 4y ago
    Narrowing focus is often a good thing for companies.
  - makestuff 4y ago
    Dave clark brought this from Amazon. At Amazon they call it "STLs" or single threaded leadership. Basically you assign one director/vp/etc. to the business, and they are responsible for PnL/success. It isn't that you do one thing at a time as an entire company, but your org is focused on one thing. For example, maybe there is a director who runs an org in charge of international freight forwarding. I'm not really sure how things are organized at other large companies as Amazon was my only experience into mega corp work.
  - wheelinsupial 4y ago
    "A single-threaded leader is a leader who is 100% dedicated and accountable to a specific product, such as your mobile application, customer account, or the search capability in your e-commerce store. The single-threaded leader is responsible for turning strategy into real results, and they are empowered to do so." https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/enterprise-strategy/two-pizza-teams-are-just-the-start-accountability-and-empowerment-are-key-to-high-performing-agile-organizations-part-2/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/enterprise-strategy/two-pizza-t...
- whiplash451 4y ago
  You don't layoff workers that you replace through automation. You simply don't renew their contract. It's much smoother and cheaper, and automation does not happen overnight anyways.
umeshunni 4y ago
> Flexport Co-CEOs Dave Clark and Ryan Petersen They could start by laying off 50% of their CEOs

The original source seems to be posted at https://www.flexport.com/blog/flexport-co-ceos-note-to-employees/ https://www.flexport.com/blog/flexport-co-ceos-note-to-emplo...

CityOfThrowaway 4y ago

Interesting that they say: > At Flexport, 2023 is going to bring extraordinary velocity – we are in the process of doubling our software engineering talent and moving to single threaded business organizations to build world class products faster, and we will continue to invest in delivering best-in-class operational execution for our customers. Looks like they are laying off non-tech workers who they have made (or will make) obsolete through automation

globalise83 4y ago
moving to single threaded business organizations What does that even mean? They are only able to do one thing at a time? Doesn't sound like a recipe for business success to me...
- panda88888 4y ago
  Probably removing redundancy in the business flow process path?
- JimtheCoder 4y ago
  "They are only able to do one thing at a time?" To be fair, many new businesses cannot do one thing at a time, so maybe singular focus is a good thing at this stage...
- paxys 4y ago
  Narrowing focus is often a good thing for companies.
- makestuff 4y ago
  Dave clark brought this from Amazon. At Amazon they call it "STLs" or single threaded leadership. Basically you assign one director/vp/etc. to the business, and they are responsible for PnL/success. It isn't that you do one thing at a time as an entire company, but your org is focused on one thing. For example, maybe there is a director who runs an org in charge of international freight forwarding. I'm not really sure how things are organized at other large companies as Amazon was my only experience into mega corp work.
- wheelinsupial 4y ago
  "A single-threaded leader is a leader who is 100% dedicated and accountable to a specific product, such as your mobile application, customer account, or the search capability in your e-commerce store. The single-threaded leader is responsible for turning strategy into real results, and they are empowered to do so." https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/enterprise-strategy/two-pizza-teams-are-just-the-start-accountability-and-empowerment-are-key-to-high-performing-agile-organizations-part-2/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/enterprise-strategy/two-pizza-t...
whiplash451 4y ago
You don't layoff workers that you replace through automation. You simply don't renew their contract. It's much smoother and cheaper, and automation does not happen overnight anyways.

umeshunni 4y ago

> Flexport Co-CEOs Dave Clark and Ryan Petersen They could start by laying off 50% of their CEOs