Culture used to be a plus before it became a public company - Data Scientist Shopify Employee Review

It grew too fast during the pandemic. Thousands of employees were hired over a couple of years and laid off during the next couple of years. The president lied to - ineffectively - curb the rumours anticipating the 2023 layoff. Teams are remote by design since 2020 and thus spread over multiple cities/countries without a kernel geographically located somewhere. It’s unclear whether this was a good move.