Good product, bad company culture - Anonymous employee Shopify Employee Review

1.0
Oct 7, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

You get to work on a great product. Shopify does do pretty solid work. There are a few cool people working there

Cons

Salaries are very low Managers are inexperienced, egotistical, and have a superficial understanding of topics. Very "cliquey" They expect you to work long hours, if you leave before 7PM, you can sense the passive-aggressiveness towards you Very few opportunities for career development Overall, it's your typical mid-sized company that's growing too fast and is trying to save money by overworking employees. Feels more like a high school than a professional company.

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