The original source seems to be posted at https://www.flexport.com/blog/flexport-co-ceos-note-to-emplo...
> 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
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...
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.
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/enterprise-strategy/two-pizza-t...
To be fair, many new businesses cannot do one thing at a time, so maybe singular focus is a good thing at this stage...
They could start by laying off 50% of their CEOs