Be careful of high-ego managers - “workplace psychopaths” - Software Engineer Shopify Employee Review

2.0
31 Jan 2023
Recommend
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Pros

* strong engineering culture - high degree of emphasis on software engineering craft * founder led and ambitious * exciting and dynamic space (commerce)

Cons

* some very strong ego managers that push to build their kingdoms * you’re at the whim of your boss, no recourse for any issues * poor, even problematic. leadership behavior often “hides” because of the bias towards loud/strong egos over thoughtful ones * weak understanding of data topics at highest levels means weak ML and data culture compared to peers

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5.0
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Pros

Amazing company with incredible product

Cons

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2.0
29 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Kind and talented co-workers - Generous AI token spend - Fairly transparent company (has been getting less transparent over the years) - Lots of opportunity for impact

Cons

- Product management discipline is quite lacking since the new CTO joined - Microsoft culture is adding more chaos and stress, and causing projects to actually go slower - Managers are afraid to tell the truth to Mikhail about the loopholes in engineering; they just want to look good, so they rush their teams to ship crap - Top engineering leaders are moving out of management roles or leaving the company - Tobi used to be far more involved in ensuring a high engineering bar, but seems to have handed over the reins to the new Microsoft regime

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