Question 1

Does Shopify pay their employees well?

Accepted Answer

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Shopify employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Shopify. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

Question 2

How satisfied are employees working at Shopify?

Accepted Answer

45% of Shopify employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Shopify 3.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.0 for culture and values and 3.0 for career opportunities.

Question 3

What are the top reviewed jobs at Shopify?

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Support Advisor (225), Software Developer (114), Software Engineer (108), Customer Support Advisor (94), Account Executive (80), Customer Success Guru (80), Junior Support Advisor (75), Senior Software Engineer (71), Data Scientist (57), Customer Service Representative (52), Merchant Success Manager (51), Team Lead (48), Customer Success Guru - Remote (42), Recruiter (40), Customer Support (39)

Question 4

What are the pros of working at Shopify according to real employee reviews?

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"Great benefits and actually care for you and encourage you to use all your vacation and personal days." ((in 458 reviews)); "The people on your team with the same title as you are great to work with." ((in 411 reviews)); "Flexible work hours and good work from home support" ((in 159 reviews)); "good pay is good good" ((in 142 reviews)); "Work/life balance was good for me. 2 hours to spend a week on professional development." ((in 137 reviews))

Question 5

What are the cons of working at Shopify according to real employee reviews?

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"Massive layoffs without any warning AFTER saying there will be no more layoffs privately and publicly" ((in 180 reviews)); "Senior leadership will not take responsibility for any decline in growth or making the wrong strategic decision" ((in 165 reviews)); "poor management and quite top down" ((in 130 reviews)); "I got a bad review on this section and my manager said "everyone got a bad review on that."" ((in 68 reviews)); "Upper management has completely lost touch with what it means to care about their employees." ((in 35 reviews))

Question 6

What are employees saying about Shopify layoffs in 2026?

Accepted Answer

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Shopify layoffs and their outlook for job security at Shopify in 2026.

Question 7

What Shopify locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Accepted Answer

Denver, Dallas, Chicago, New York, Austin

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