Not everything is as great as it seems... - Anonymous employee Shopify Employee Review

1.0
Sep 20, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Very innovative work space, lots of perks for in office employees.

Cons

Tonnes of disorganization in upper management. Leads in positions they aren't ready for, the lack of performance management will constantly stab you in the back since it is all up to the discretion of the manager at that time , internal communication sucks, pack mentality, agist to the extreme. Basically if you were not a cool kid in high school, you won't last here. If you were - this place is for you.

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5.0
Jun 10, 2026
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Pros

Remote first culture. If you want freedom of location and a company to truly mean and support it - this is the place.

Cons

Constant change. Nothing to hold on to in this role, compensation, KPI's, tools all change every quarter.

2.0
Jun 29, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Kind and talented co-workers - Generous AI token spend - Fairly transparent company (has been getting less transparent over the years) - Lots of opportunity for impact

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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