“Cool” company to work for on the surface, but not as cool in real life. - Insights Manager Spotify Employee Review

The company is growing at a pace that central teams like ours are spread too thin. I’m a manager but due to team structure I find myself doing the same work as my direct report, while also assuming higher-level strategic work. Every development talk goes nowhere because when I express the need to move on from junior work on another restructure happens and the team finds themselves absorbing work that we did not sign up for. Others can fail up while efficient workers like myself just get punished with more work. Managers like mine appear confident but are spineless “yes men” that create a false sense of urgency, only to make themselves look good. Never again. I’ve been “owed” a promotion 3 times now and when I try to move internally I’m pigeonholed. They’d rather just hire outside and not cultivate internal talent. Frustrated, tired and over it.