Pros
Shopify is a workplace that not only encourages, but enables, its employees to achieve incredible feats of success. I started working at Shopify as a Customer Success Guru, and while it was challenging, it was an incredible growth experience that helped me learn important job and life skills like resourcefulness, empathy, teamwork, leadership, meaningful communication and how to find value in not only the product, but in the relationship with our merchants, our teams, and our own network. Shopify helps its employees be their very best selves through mentorship, offsite IRL activities, endless professional development opportunities and an incredible benefits package that supports both physical and mental wellbeing. In a new team, I find the pros to be very consistent. Shopify is a place that is growing and changing - sometimes at a very fast pace. This drive to stay current, relevant, and a leader is reflected in the culture. Shopify is a place that is never dull. There are countless opportunities for the driven to find their passion and pursue it with fervour. Shopify is diverse, open, and full of incredibly intelligent people who are impactful in their own ways. Work-life balance is incredible. In both the Guru position as well as my current position, I’ve never felt such passion for my job while also being able to literally go dark on all work communications until start time the next shift.
Kontras
As noted in the aforementioned pros, Shopify is a company that is growing and changing - sometime quite rapidly. Change doesn’t come without some challenges - whether that’s delving into a job function that might be a little outside of one’s comfort zone or hustling harder during the work day to meet team goals, work pace can sometimes become more demanding. While this isn’t a con necessarily, it can be challenging. That being said, at Shopify you can always expect to be rewarded. Hard work doesn’t go unappreciated.