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I've seen little evidence that a company can thrive after 20% workforce cuts. Whatever successes Shopify has had, it's safe to say those days are done.
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That’s a bit presumptuous. I was enthusiastic about the interview until afterwards The interview was conducted by the recruiter and while she didn’t flat out ask personal questions, she asked questions that would almost cause me to reveal personal information such as my marital status and sexuality. It was not fun coming with made up responses to avoid that because it’s none of her business. There’s a reason intervie…
Sorry if my comment came off at an personal attack, that wasn't the intent. With that said, there are lots of reasons why a company might want to vet candidate attitude besides discriminating based on protected characteristics. Out of curiosity, what kind of questions did you find invasive or discriminatory?
I get that it's totally an innocent intent, but there are much better ways to assess a candidate's soft skills, that is strictly related to their professional experience.
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It's not just tech compensation. The zeitgeist right now is that employee comp is/was simply too high. There have lots of murmurings lately that amount to that at many different levels of the capital chain. Perhaps what's interesting about now is that people are quite okay with saying it openly. Tech is an easy target since it is well-known, and the pandemic inflated the importance of tech artificially to some degree…
Isn't this frustrating? Employees of course have the bare the brunt, but god forbid its shareholders and executives that need to scale down their payouts. Feels so incredibly backward. And yes I know its "stock performance" but what do you think drives this? With executive compensation mostly related to stocks, of course at the end of the day, thats what they want to drive up.
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It's a fundraising advertisement, not for you. The headline is to pitch possible future investors that Shopify will prioritize investor returns over anything else (as ordained by the Prophets of capitalism)
If Shopify can deliver its software with less people, that’s better for society. Put it this way - would you like to be paid to mow a lawn using scissors? I can pay hundreds of people to mow my lawn using scissors, and they will be employed as landscapers. Or I can pay one guy with a lawnmower.
If you are running a zombie company and just squeezing the last bits out it might be considered running a business I guess?
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Sorry if my comment came off at an personal attack, that wasn't the intent. With that said, there are lots of reasons why a company might want to vet candidate attitude besides discriminating based on protected characteristics. Out of curiosity, what kind of questions did you find invasive or discriminatory?
So it wasn't the questions themselves, but when you start asking about why you moved from this city to that, or why did you choose this school, etc. Maybe it's because your SO got a job there, or some other personal reason. I get that it's totally an innocent intent, but there are much better ways to assess a candidate's soft skills, that is strictly related to their professional experience.
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Sorry if my comment came off at an personal attack, that wasn't the intent. With that said, there are lots of reasons why a company might want to vet candidate attitude besides discriminating based on protected characteristics. Out of curiosity, what kind of questions did you find invasive or discriminatory?
So it wasn't the questions themselves, but when you start asking about why you moved from this city to that, or why did you choose this school, etc. Maybe it's because your SO got a job there, or some other personal reason. I get that it's totally an innocent intent, but there are much better ways to assess a candidate's soft skills, that is strictly related to their professional experience.
Many if not most people find us a desirable attribute in coworkers and workplaces. I get that it's not for everyone, but not every workplace is a good fit for everyone.
I think you're getting some rude comments because of exactly this fact
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They pay competitively now, but it took half the company quitting during covid covid for them to get to that point
When did this change? I interviewed in fall 2021 and got a decent offer but ultimately took a higher offer elsewhere.
Shopify wasn't paying like FAANG, but also not like a startup. I would say 75% of a FAANG.
Things changed quite a bit since this quote from February 17: > “There’s no cuts coming for us,” Harley Finkelstein told The Canadian Press. “We’re in a really good place.” https://globalnews.ca/news/9494197/shopify-outlook-no-layoff...
I'm impacted. And it sucks. It sucks because I really liked the company. I liked the culture. I liked the leadership style. I liked the mission. I genuinely think that company is doing good for the world, and making money in the process. The challenge now is that the leadership have burned a lot of trust with the employees. They repeatedly said no more layoffs were coming, but with this move they all benefitted finan…