Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke discourages employees from side hustles in company memo, saying their jobs require their undivided attention.

In a leaked memo, Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke put limits on employees having side hustles, saying Shopify requires ‘unshared attention’::Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke discourages employees from side hustles in company memo, saying their jobs require their undivided attention.

  • obelix@lemmy.worldEnglish
    692·
    1 year ago

    I can’t stand the normalisation of the term “side hustle” when it’s just a capitalist weasel word for having a second job.

    • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.worldEnglish
      418·
      1 year ago

      I disagree. A second job is a “second job”.

      A side hustle is something you own.

      I make apps on the side. I have no boss, nobody to report to. Some of them, I’ve made some extra loot.

      • Agent641@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        1 year ago

        Can you make me an app? I have a killer idea. Its uber-eats, but the driver has to come inside and eat dinner with you when you’re lonely.

      • FlumPHP@programming.devEnglish
        18·
        1 year ago

        While that definition sounds ideal, I think most people with side hustles are still working for someone, just with flexible hours. DoorDash, Uber, transcription, etc.