Shopify is giving its employees $1,000 to furnish their work-from-home setups with whatever gear they need because of the coronavirus

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• Employees at Shopify, the e-commerce platform, are among hundreds of thousands who have been ordered to work from home amid efforts to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
• A source familiar with the matter told Business Insider that Shopify has given its employees $1,000 each to furnish their home set-ups with whatever equipment needed to work remotely.
• Employees were also told they are allowed to take home any office equipment, including computer monitors, they need to do their jobs.
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Employees of e-commerce platform Shopify are getting $1,000 each to buy what they need to work from home amid growing efforts to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

Shopify has directed all employees — who total more than 5,000 people in 11 different countries — to work from home starting March 16. According to a source familiar with the matter, the e-commerce platform has given each of its employees a stipend to pay for any office equipment they need to set up a workspace for remote work.

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