1.0
Apr 2, 2025
Current employee, more than 5 years
Ottawa, ON
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
Compensation, work from home, product
Cons
I’ve seen people criticize the toxic culture at Shopify, but in reality, there is no culture at all. Culture is about people coming together to achieve something collectively, but at Shopify, there’s no real sense of team. Everyone is out for themselves, and if that means throwing others under the bus, so be it. Communication is both immature and aggressive. Management feels like a group of vultures hovering over you, waiting for the smallest mistake just to call you out. There’s no camaraderie, no support, just a cutthroat environment. Micromanaging disguised as founders mindset.