The rumours are true - Anonymous employee Shopify Employee Review

5.0
Jan 19, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The people are amazing, the perks are great but the energy around the work itself is the most exciting part. People are inspired to do their life's work here.

Cons

No place is perfect. The amazing work atmosphere and stellar perks have lead to a bit of an entitlement problem amongst a small population of employees.

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Shopify Response
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Thanks so much for taking the time to post a comment. It is wonderful that you have seen that Shopify employees are ‘inspired to do their life’s work here’; this observation really reinforces our hiring goal to always place the best people in the right roles at the right time. One of those things Shopify looks for when hiring is passion. If a candidate is passionate about what they do, and they are able to bring that passion and their ‘life’s work’ to Shopify, then everyone wins - both Shopify and the individual! As for that minority who you see have developed an attitude of entitlement; let’s just hope they find their passion again rather than letting themselves be distracted by the perks, ‘cause in the long run the perks aren't what's really important.

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