Don't join — train wreck. - Software Engineer Skio Employee Review

Hi, in reading these reviews it’s clear that some employees didn’t have a great experience working here and for that I’m sorry. I’m working hard to consider this feedback and will use it to do better going forward. It’s true that a lot of our goals are aspirational ($1T is definitely hyperbolic), but I do dream about making Skio a major company (a big dream, but not an outrageous one). This is my first time running a company + managing people and I’ve made plenty of mistakes. The learning curve has been steep and I still have a lot to learn. In June of this year, I started working with an executive coach and creating proper management loops. For context, we’re a remote company and at the time I had ~20-30 direct reports with everyone effectively reporting to me. In an attempt to make this work (and as a stopgap), 1:1s were 10 minutes and every 2 weeks. Today, things are very different. We’ve hired multiple senior engineers (all with ~7 years of experience from companies like Databricks, Pinterest, Thumbtack) and a sales leader (almost 20 years of experience + was at Klaviyo as employee #4). This has enabled me to have proper 30 minute 1:1s weekly (with just ~8 direct reports). As a company, we are well capitalized and experiencing hypergrowth (revenue and headcount grew ~1000% in 2022). Especially with 6 new (and more soon) strong engineers and a team of 33 to start off 2023, we’re confident we’re in a great position to deliver the best subscription experience for brands on Shopify. The team and I at Skio are extremely grateful for this opportunity and are excited for the journey ahead :-) If you want to get a better sense of who we are, please feel free to reach out. Thank you, -Kennan