Challenging in a mostly good (and sometimes bad) way - Program Manager Shopify Employee Review

4.0
Jan 8, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Really innovative culture. For example, We have Meeting Free Wednesday every single week. This kind of thing is supported and practiced by our execs. Other small things: You feel trusted with your time and your projects. No one looking over your shoulder or micro-managing. If you're working in-office the food is top-notch. Extremely flexible hours and unlimited vacation which is a godsend for parents.

Cons

Change is constant and can be exhausting. Most people change leads/orgs at least once a year. We're still learning how to grow and scale our culture across thousands of people in multiple countries. Lots of the leadership rose up with the company, which has led to a perception that OG Shopifolk (5+ years) are front-of-the-line for new opportunities because of their tenure rather than their talent.

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Cons

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2.0
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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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