Not like it used to be, Now it is really crap! - Customer Success Manager Shopify Employee Review

1.0
Apr 9, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

- remote work - Flexible - I like the mission / merchants - I do like Toby Lutke, but he is a tech guy and since they hired a new head of revenue, it has all gone down hill

Cons

- management has gone downhill. We have been in a constant state of change for over 3 years. - Layoffs - Reduced our income by 20% which is illegal but they did it anyway. Made that part our 'bonus' - Then had group targets for 6 months, then moved to individual targets. Those targets are unattainable and they won't even share on how they come up with those targets and how we can meet them. - Senior leadership are a lying bunch of a holes, and the rest of the leadership team drinks the cool aid. - they don't care about their staff, you are just a number - It used to be that you could bring yourself to work and challenge how things are done and improve, but now, its either the management way or the highway. Which is really sad as the company was such a good company. - You are constantly gaslighted and made feel like a fool while the work load piles up and targets increase.

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5.0
May 29, 2026
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Pros

- Very collaborative, even across team boundaries - Very healthy work-life balance culture - Lots of room to grow, explore, and be impactful - Remote-friendly - Fun

Cons

- Seeks constant growth and visibility, which can be difficult to achieve depending on the circumstances - Internal documentation can be hit-or-miss - One of Shopify's tenets is "thrive on change" and so there can be a lot of change (org restructures, project scope, etc.)

2.0
Mar 31, 2026
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Pros

The work itself is genuinely exciting. Shopify is doing cutting-edge work in AI search visibility and GEO that very few companies are touching at this scale. The tooling is excellent, the problems are interesting, and the peers are talented, collaborative, and generous with their time. If you're passionate about where search is heading, the craft-level work here is hard to beat.

Cons

The management experience on the Growth Marketing / SEO team did not match the quality of the work. Feedback was inconsistent (positive in meetings, critical in private messages) which made it difficult to know where you actually stood. Issues that were never flagged in real time were later consolidated into a formal performance document, which felt predetermined rather than developmental. When I raised concerns professionally about the communication dynamic, the relationship shifted noticeably. I've spoken to others who experienced a similar pattern on this team. The culture says it values direct feedback, but in practice, giving feedback upward was treated very differently than receiving it.

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