Overall a great company - Guru (Remote) Shopify Employee Review

4.0
Feb 20, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

The benefits are by far the best I've ever seen. Training and personal development is pretty thorough and there seems to be a lot of room for growth. If you enjoy working from home, this would be a great opportunity for you. You're given a pretty solid support network. They also try to keep things fun and up beat. Keep in mind, it's a young crowd that works for this company.

Cons

Some things were a little misleading during training. The quotas are high and you're expected to reach them very quickly out of the gate. You basically hit the ground running (which can be good and bad). Managing 3 chats at a time can be quite stressful and overwhelming (even for seasoned gurus). This job can be extremely isolating. Working from home works well for some but if you are a social person, you might find this quite difficult (the isolation and working the "social life killing" 12-8pm shift is what made me leave in the long run). So many people get burnt out by the 6 month mark that there's a name for it...It's called The Valley of Despair. Seriously, there's even a support group for it. Only apply for this position if you excel in high-stress environments and love working alone.

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Cons

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Cons

- Product management discipline is quite lacking since the new CTO joined - Microsoft culture is adding more chaos and stress, and causing projects to actually go slower - Managers are afraid to tell the truth to Mikhail about the loopholes in engineering; they just want to look good, so they rush their teams to ship crap - Top engineering leaders are moving out of management roles or leaving the company - Tobi used to be far more involved in ensuring a high engineering bar, but seems to have handed over the reins to the new Microsoft regime

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