Status of Women committee  There are two things. We've started taking a more serious look at diversity and inclusion in the company, as of about 18 months ago, when we hired a director-level person. She is not responsible for the advancement of this—everybody in the company is—but she helps us identify spe

Status of Women committee  Absolutely. All four of my bosses at Shopify have been senior males, at different stages of my time in the company. Across the board, I think we look to feature not only females but minorities as well, whenever we're doing internal conferences or anything that provides a platfor

Status of Women committee  We have various salary band levels. They're not public, but we do use them as a benchmark to make sure we're not bringing people in at the wrong level. I have definitely heard of a poor trend in the technology industry, particularly with smaller companies, that if somebody comes

Status of Women committee  Absolutely. I'll start with the unconscious bias. The primary objective of the discussion is to make people aware of any possible biases they might have, so that we can get past the idea of people hiring those who are similar to themselves, which is what people normally gravitat

Status of Women committee  Shopify is a company that has close to 2,000 employees, and four offices in Canada and one in the U.S. We support entrepreneurs and SMBs in over 175 countries worldwide. For a company that has seen 100% growth year on year, the topic we're talking about today is absolutely crucia