Shopify Design reviews

4.0

93% would recommend to a friend

(12 total reviews)
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Tobias Lütke

95% approve of CEO

97% positive business outlook

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12 reviews
1.0
Feb 22, 2018

Pretentious

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Pros

Good Perks! The potential for growth if you are good at making friends.

Cons

I find this place to be pretentious and toxic. Lots of politics and brown nosing to get anything done. This place also lacks diversity and there is no urgency to address this issue.

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Shopify Response
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Thank you for your post, your feedback means a lot to me. I'm really sorry to hear you haven't had a positive experience with your time at Shopify so far. I hope my response will provide insight and give you some useful next steps. First, I'd encourage you to reach out to me directly or, if you're not comfortable, the HR representative for your team (you can find them in the Vault). All of these conversations will be confidential, but if you prefer to remain anonymous, please consider using the anonymous hotline (also available on the Vault). It's really important for us to hear all of your feedback — we can't make things better if we don't know where to direct our attention. As for building an inclusive team, I understand your frustration. It's something we focus on every day and recognize it's a work in progress. Shopify is continuing to make efforts through more diverse hiring practices, more representative benefits, and internal education like unconscious bias training. If you're interested in learning more — or providing your thoughts on how we could do better — please reach out to our inclusion team on Slack. I understand how important it is to connect with a company's culture, and while I can't speak directly to what you've experienced, I'd love to hear your feedback on how we can do better. Our culture places a large emphasis on trust and individual ownership and I feel we've done a good job at keeping politics out of Shopify's culture. That said, there's always room to improve. I'm sorry you're having trouble with your lead. We promote individuals into leadership positions who have shown they can make an impact leading their team technically and professionally. Our internal leadership training, Lead Level Up, is a great effort to help our leads grow. That said, direct feedback from their team is always the best option to make sure they are continuing to do better. Again, I would love the opportunity to speak with you about your concerns and I would really encourage you to reach out to your HR business partner or your lead in the future. Thank you again for taking the time to share your feedback. - Kyle, Director of UX
5.0
Mar 9, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Your role at Shopify is yours for the making. Which is truly the best part of the company culture. Shopify values, and encourages the growth of their employees. They offer great perks, salaries and benefits. Incredibly talented R&D team, and great vision by Tobi and the leadership.

Cons

As with any growth company, there are bound to be growing pains. During my time at Shopify the Product team was a work in progress. Often cycling through leadership, they struggled to implement Product Managers into R&D teams, and often promoted employees who weren't equipped for the role.

5.0
Dec 13, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

I've worked at many places in my industry and Shopify is one of the most fun, energetic, and interesting places I've ever been at. It's full of hungry, ambitious people from all walks of life and not a day goes by that isnt interesting. It's also growing at an astonishing place, thanks in part to these people and the great culture that exists in each of its distinct offices.

Cons

Due to being based in Canada, sometimes it feels like Shopify has exhausted the talent pool in it's cities. As a result a lot of people are hired with not a whole lot of experience elsewhere, and because Shopify is such a unique place to work it seems to cultivate a sense of entitlement in some people, and a lot of it's beauty gets taken for granted.

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