A lot of issues - especially with leads/managers - Marketing Coordinator Shopify Employee Review

3.0
Feb 25, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- You'll work with the most amazing people. I've met my lifelong friends here. - Working for a company that people recognize globally is great - Great perks (food is taken care of including breakfast and lunch, lifestyle benefits, health benefits, mat and pat leave is unheard of) - Work on some really great projects

Cons

- There's a huge problem with leadership. A lot of the leads that are in place should not be leading people. They don't know what they're doing and don't get proper training. - A LOT of politics. It's all about who you know and it sucks for people who just want to work hard and mind their business - The marketing department has a lot of issues they need to work on. It makes for a pretty turbulent team to be on - They don't pay for the cost of living so there are huge wage disparities within the company. They try to make it seem like you should be grateful for the other benefits - so they don't pay what they should. Especially in such an expensive city like Toronto.

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