True story. Last Thursday morning, a candidate coming in for short list interviews that day emailed us. He had to cancel, he said. He was super-apologetic, but explained that unexpectedly, he had childcare issues.
It was just over a year ago when Konval Matin, Director of Culture for Shopify, laid out the task at hand:
Hi, my name’s Shannon, it’s been 332 days since I joined Shopify and I think the culture shock is wearing off. Mostly. The thing about culture shock is this: it’s not that it’s a bad thing (kind of like how not all stress is bad) but it’s that it rattles you…
I’ve been lucky to work for amazing organizations throughout my career. I say that all the time. My good friend Anna once told me “ Stop saying you’re lucky. You’re not. You turned a job into an opportunity, that’s not luck”. That comment got me thinking about…
