Shipper will continue strengthening its ambition to accelerate the digital transformation among Indonesia’s SMEs through the integrated supply chain service.
Heaptalk, Jakarta — Indonesia’s logistic aggregator startup, Shipper, declared to terminate around 65 workforces, or approximately 8% of the employees in total, effective on December 8th, 2022. Perceiving the macroeconomic uncertainty worldwide, the company has considered conducting this determination concurrently with other massive layoff trends around the startups in Indonesia.
As cited by cnbcindonesia.com, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Shipper, Phil Opamuratawongse, admitted, “This complicated decision is a part of the company’s optimization endeavor, after performing assessment thoroughly on our business progress to anticipate the uncertain macroeconomy prediction in the coming year,”
Based on his perspective, Shipper has experienced extraordinary development for its business for several last years. Through the efficiency strategy, Phil intends to continue to attain this accomplishment. Nevertheless, he recognized to pull off a necessary consideration to contribute to expediting the business operations to be more sustainable.
The affected employees will obtain a worthy compensation package under applicable regulations in the country. This logistic aggregator company will also extend the health insurance intended for the impacted teams. On the other hand, the Shipper management team will offer the outplacement program to support the laid-off employees in capturing new job opportunities.
As the future business strategy, This logistic startup will continue to strengthen the company’s ambition to accelerate the digital transformation among Indonesia’s Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and boost the digital economy elevation in the country through the integrated supply chain service owned by Shipper.
“Unleashing the 8% of our employees who have become a critical part of the company’s business journey was an arduous resolution, and we considerably understand how difficult this matter is. For this reason, we would deliver full support to the impacted workforce,”
Observing the rapid growth of the e-commerce industry in Indonesia, Shipper startup has strong optimism about the company’s position in the logistics sector. As the startup founder, Phil is also confident an effective working with a logistic transparency process could bolster the company’s business enhancement, with more resilient conditions to face the challenges of the global economy.
As additional information, during the business progress of Shipper, this startup acquired the Porter and Pakde (Delivery Package) platform in September 2020. The strategic acquisition has reinforced this logistic aggregator platform to present a seamless delivery and warehousing service.
In April 2021, Shipper also seized a Series B round worth US$63million, led by DST Global Partners and Sequoia Capital India, supported by existing investors, spanning the Prosus Ventures, Floodgate, Lightspeed, Insignia Ventures, AC Ventures, and Y Combinator. Aligned with the company mission, this capital has been focused on expanding its logistic network to serve Indonesia’s MSMEs.
