Does Shopify pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Shopify employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Shopify. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Shopify?

44% 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.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Shopify?

Support Advisor (225) , Software Developer (114) , Software Engineer (113) , Customer Support Advisor (94) , Account Executive (84) , Customer Success Guru (80) , Junior Support Advisor (75) , Senior Software Engineer (73) , Data Scientist (58) , Customer Service Representative (52) , Merchant Success Manager (52) , Team Lead (48) , Customer Success Guru - Remote (42) , Customer Support (40) , Recruiter (40)

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

"Great benefits and actually care for you and encourage you to use all your vacation and personal days." ((in 469 reviews)); "The people on your team with the same title as you are great to work with." ((in 404 reviews)); "Work from home was great" ((in 166 reviews)); "Work/life balance was good for me. 2 hours to spend a week on professional development." ((in 152 reviews)); "good pay is good good" ((in 139 reviews))

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

"Massive layoffs without any warning AFTER saying there will be no more layoffs privately and publicly" ((in 184 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 134 reviews)); "Inexperienced managers and leads" ((in 71 reviews)); "Upper management has completely lost touch with what it means to care about their employees." ((in 35 reviews))

What are employees saying about Shopify layoffs in 2026?

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.

What are the top reviewed Shopify locations?

New York , San Francisco , Los Angeles , Chicago , Austin , Atlanta , Dallas , Boston , Denver , Seattle , Washington , Indianapolis , Lehi , Phoenix , Canada , Houston , Ireland , Ontario , Menlo Park , Portland , Remote , Bloomfield , East Hanover , Frenchtown , Newark , Union , Cherry Hill , Boise , Provo , Salt Lake City

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3.3

44% would recommend to a friend

(320 total reviews)

Tobias Lütke

49% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

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3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Diversity & inclusion

3.4

Work/Life balance

3.0

Culture & values

3.0

Career opportunities

2.5

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1.0

Jul 26, 2026

Remote flexibility and good pay, but poor management

Data scientist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Remote flexibility, good pay. Interesting products

Cons

AI is running the business to the ground. More bad managers than good. Managers can't protect team time or priorities. General guidance has been speed over quality, and then get upset when poor results happen

2.0

Jul 9, 2026

Toxic management and blame culture overshadow benefits

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits, Salaray, areas of growth, work from home

Cons

Toxic managment, and gaslighting all the time AI push, unmanaged code is about to explode. Top down apporach blaming culture you have no weekends

2.0

Jul 8, 2026

Supportive culture but pay and systems hold back growth

G&a

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- decent culture built around supporting entrepreneurship - availability of AI tooling - fully remote

Cons

- low and non-competitive pay compared to other tech companies - backwards comp and impact system they think is "innovative" and unique, but it's really just a system to keep comp and titles capped

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