Shopify

• You will be squeezed for everything you are/have. In return, learn as much as you can from the place and leave. You cannot expect to be there long.

• I worked with great people directly on my team and direct leadership (before they were all laid off, then eventually I was laid off too).

• Work there 4 years and you'll be in the top 10% of the company who have been there the longest. The (for legal reasons) "possible" reason? At 5 years, they'll dangle in front of you a 5-week paid sabbatical.

• Expect to not be there for long, sometimes only months.

• "Compensation changes are coming!"™

• C-level execs have very short-sighted goals that change at least once daily, and everything is an emergency. Communication of these goals is extremely poor, which leads middle managers guessing what C-level wants, always leading to "disappointing" results.

• Cult levels of toxic positivity throughout the company.

• If they say something won't happen, it will.

• Expect emergency HR all-hands meetings over unused Slack emojis or the use of emojis incorrectly, a wonderful use of everyone's time.

• The CEO is in favor of a 996-style working environment.

• Rolling silent layoffs.

No advice for management, just for people who may work there or currently do.

Do not go above and beyond; you will be laid off just like everyone else. Leadership does not notice you or care.

Their hiring practice is also discriminatory, so if you get rejected, don't feel bad about yourself.

In the past, second-round interviews may be limited to three people only, and it's the following slots:

• BIPOC
• A Woman
• Anything that doesn't fit the previous two slots.