Shopify deleted 322,000 hours of meetings. Should the rest of us be jealous?

The amount of time people spend in meetings tripled in the pandemic, Microsoft found in one study. Now, companies are looking at ways to cut back. (woojpn/Getty Images)

It was the announcement heard round the internet: Shopify was doing away with meetings.

In a January memo, the e-commerce platform called it "useful subtraction," a way to free up time to allow people to get stuff done.