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Fun work, entitled culture

Software Developer
Current Employee
Has worked at Shopify for 2 years
January 27, 2017
Ottawa, Ontario
3.0
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Pros

Fun work environment with some really great people who are passionate about what they do.

Great benefits, great offices. I've made a lot of friendships that will last a long time.

Cons

There seems to be a strong sense of entitlement within the company (employees expecting people to clean up after them, be babied, etc.), especially with long-term employees. Unfortunately, there are also many cliques.

Lots of problems aren't addressed in the right way, but for example, through witch hunts over Slack (the internal method of communication).

Even though the internal message is that 'career changes are encouraged,' it is a very difficult and confusing process, and I never felt like I had the support from my manager to pursue a career change.

Advice to Management

Try to address the entitlement issues; they're getting out of hand.

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