Great place to work, with common large organization issues - Technical Product Owner Shopify Employee Review

4.0
May 12, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Excellent benefits - Incredibly intelligent and easy to work with coworkers/managers/etc - Potential for advancement/lateral movement - Lots of different types of products/projects/programs to work on - Ability to make a real difference in entrepreneur's lives

Cons

- Lots of moving pieces internally can slow down delivery - Detachment from user base due to large company size (at times) - Mild-medium internal politics (no more than any other company of this size)

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Shopify Response
5y
Hey, thank you for the review! I agree with pretty much all your points here. The people here are sometimes the best part of the job, and when creative people get together to problem solve, things can get exciting! What you've said here about having the ability to make a real difference in entrepreneur's lives, this is the core of what we do. Making commerce better for everyone is our missions, and it's amazing to have someone like you on board who truly understands that! As we are growing so fast, it's natural that there will be growing pains. We've taken steps to ensure that we are as anti-fragile as possible so if changes come, we can weather them and keep the quality of our teams intact. I can pass your feedback along to the team internally, you've made some great points here! Transparency is important the more we grow, we all need to be on the same page. Thank you again for taking the time to post a review!

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