Spotify Employee Reviews

Coworkers were nice. Company pays very well and is considerate of their employees work-life balance as well as their health. Many perks came with the position but no work place is perfect. On a positive note, you can see that they tried to keep their employees happy to improve profiency and have a positive work environment.

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Sweatshop with benefits

Designer (Current Employee) - New York, NY - June 19, 2023

Their turnover rate when I was there in 2021 was at 50%. You read that right. They lose HALF their staff every year and for a very good reason—you’ll work harder and longer than in most any other job you’ve had, and under chaotic conditions. They sell it as “controlled chaos” but don’t buy it—no one has any idea what’s going on, they don’t care about you, everyone is disposable, all they care about is the bottom line. You’ll get free food and good benefits, the pay is acceptable if a little underwhelming (especially given the workload). If you can make it a year you’ll have that glossy Spotify name on your resume which does open doors, but I’ve never felt more abused by a company in my life, and I’ve worked in some difficult places.

Pros

Food and benefits, status

Cons

Literally everything else.

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A company with low pay and little to no experienced managers

Manager, Marketing (Former Employee) - New York, NY - June 13, 2023

Depending on the team you're part of there are inexperienced managers and leaders. If you don't stroke the egos of the right people, your job will be on the line.The compensation is not competitive and if you want to work at a company that over-compensates with "company culture" to cover the low pay and you can afford to live paycheck-to-paycheck then this is the perfect company for you. The company lacks diversity and it's rare that BIPOC employees are promoted to leadership positions unfortunately the majority of the company tends to keep BIPOC employees in lower-level positions.Also, don't bother working hard because it's not recognized depending on your team. The inexperienced manager that I, unfortunately, had was almost always "loud and wrong" (i.e. speaking in meetings just to speak but never adding value).

Cons

Inexperienced managers/leaders, pay is low and not competitive

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Productive

Software Engineer (Former Employee) - New York, NY - May 19, 2023

Cool atmosphere and attitude, work-life balance is ok, responsibilities can be given to you if you are good at your job, well paid position, good projects

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Culture

Finance Analyst (Current Employee) - New York, NY - May 16, 2023

Most people at Spotify are amazing. However, Spotify is like any corporation and even though they say they care about diversity and inclusion they do not. It is all for show

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Good to R&D employees

Senior Engineer (Current Employee) - New York, NY - May 4, 2023

Good culture of not overworking and burning out, healthy work life balance encouraged. It can be difficult to move up, but I like that moving up isn't automatic based on seniority, and that the culture isn't hierarchical and overly focused on your job title or level. You are able to and expected to contribute at any level. Teams feel self driven and independent, not a lot of top-down oversight.

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Revenue Accounting Manager (Current Employee) - New York, NY - May 3, 2023

Great culture, office life, and benefits.interesting industry but not many opportunities for career progression/promotion. Would still highly recommend Spotify as a great company to work for.

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Best Company Culture for Growth

Intern (Former Employee) - New York, NY - April 15, 2023

Growth and connections are encouraged. A lot of freedom and learning opportunities are presented to you, and a bunch of fun music benefits. Overall, great place to work.

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Great to work and employees friendly

Data Analyst (Former Employee) - New York, NY - April 10, 2023

Great place to work with , employees are awesome . Team is great . Stressful at times but work life balance is almost there every time . Absolutely amazing

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Poor leadership, no sense of direction

Manager (Current Employee) - Remote - March 13, 2023

A company that grew too fast, overhired and then sacked some of the workforce not based on performance.Toxic workplace culture with constant micromanagement of employees, very little work due to budget cuts.

Pros

Private healthcare

Cons

Very poor management, no trust of employees

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HR Specialist (Former Employee) - New York, NY - February 3, 2023

Great place to work, awesome benefits! Great teams, collaboration and growth opportunities. I was able to use the skills I learned at Spotify at a new employer as the HR Manager.

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Great work environment but lack of direction

Intern (Current Employee) - New York, NY - January 29, 2023

Loved working at Spotify, highly enjoyed my time. Had great co workers but felt constant re-orgs and changes in direction without transparency to be disorienting

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Great work culture

Bilingual Ads Advertising Specialist (Current Employee) - New Braunfels, TX - October 29, 2022

Great place to work at- career and development means a lot to SPOTIFY and employees are encouraged to further their trainings and education among other things to boost their skillsets

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It's an awesome co to work with.

Customer Service Representative (Former Employee) - Tera Towers, Bridgetown, Quezon City - September 3, 2022

A cool working environment; Awesome colleagues; Considerate management; A balanced work and life experience. This is an LOB that you would be looking forward to go back to work the following day aas you always enjoy while working.

Pros

Gigs.

Cons

None

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I loved it here

STRATEGY OPERATIONS MANAGER (Former Employee) - New York, NY - August 31, 2022

Spotify has it faults but it's mainly team dependent. My time here was great and I've made some long lasting friendships here. I kind of miss being here.

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Fun workplace, cool domain

Senior Software Engineer (Current Employee) - Boston, MA - March 17, 2022

Great people, a cool domain and pre-pandemic/ IPO a lot of great perks. Work culture has frayed some and top-down management has compounded the problem. Still a fun job

Pros

Trips to Sweden, great perks, good people, great tech infra

Cons

Comp is a little low, raises are low, re-orgs every six months

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Remote opportunities way before Covid

Lease Administrator (Former Employee) - New York, NY - March 11, 2022

Besr place I have worked at thus far!! Work/life balance is an actual thing at Spotify. I had no worries regarding micromanagement in my dept. I was trusted to get the work done and my supervisors were always available for help. If given the opportunity, I'd go back.

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Great Team

Podcast Programming Intern (Former Employee) - Berlin - January 27, 2022

It was a great experience to intern at Spotify. Everyone was really welcoming and inclusive! Highly recommend

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Cohesive & place to thrive

Marketing Intern (Former Employee) - Los Angeles County, CA - December 15, 2021

Spotify is loaded with learning opportunities and growing potential. There are ample perks not offered at most American companies and freedom that is not allowed in other work environments. Great place, brilliant co-workers.

Pros

people & perks

Cons

work hours longer than expected

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Fantastiska arbetsmiljöer och arbetskamrater

AV/IT-Engineer (Former Employee) - Stockholm - October 20, 2021

Riktigt bra jobb och arbetsplats. Kunniga arbetskamrater, lite ensamt när man är själv på sin arbetsuppgift speciellt under covid19. svårt att hitta ett flöde när det är tomt i lokalerna.

Pros

Arbetsmiljö, Edenred, Pensioninbetalning på Avanza

Cons

Inget kollektivavtal och att det ligger i City.

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Great environment for creatives and business minded individuals

Finance (Former Employee) - New York, NY - March 29, 2021

Enjoyed every moment at Spotify, colleagues were very helpful, culture was welcoming, and my everyday task were very manageable. The company prioritizes their employees in every aspect.