used to be good - Software Developer Manager Shopify Employee Review

1.0
May 14, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Good salary, Still remote, at least until I was there!

Cons

Shopify 's culture is marked by intense competitiveness, with employees constantly ranked against each other. This leads to a toxic environment where individuals are quick to criticize others to elevate their own status. Moreover, there's a noticeable gap between leadership and employees, resulting in a lack of understanding and empathy towards the challenges faced by the workforce.

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5.0
Jun 10, 2026
Recommend
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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
CEO approval
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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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