Shopify shuns 'logistics' – Flexport losses narrow in another forgettable year
The drip drip of failure
Flexport certainly knows how to cause a stir. If the news about – what looks certain now to be the sacking of stooge Dave Clark – wasn’t enough, there is more to come.
Ryan Petersen (above), founder, and now CEO again, has this morning essentially ’fired’ some 75 new appointments over Twitter/X.
And the tone of his tweet makes it look very much like Mr Clark had gone beyond his brief – and certainly beyond his spending limits – with costs beginning ...
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Comment on this article
Tim Gundlach
September 08, 2023 at 2:31 pmoh man, this is better than any soap opera on TV. PLease don’t stop… the rest of the freight forwardng industry is in need of this after the covid years.
Francis Kirkwood
September 08, 2023 at 5:50 pmI can see some lawsuits coming down the line especially for candidates who have resigned a position when they received and accepted a new post.
Cutting costs is one thing cutting people’s throats is another, I hope those who have been hurt get fixed up soon
Shocking way to operate