Spotify reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(1,762 total reviews)
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Daniel Ek

78% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Spotify has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,762 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Spotify employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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2K reviews
1.0
Oct 6, 2019

Director

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great benefits. Some truly exceptional colleagues / talent.

Cons

Toxic politics and workplace culture. Constant revolving door. Managers threatened by new talent under them and then undermine them. Total lack of leadership from the top. Some of the great talent is subject to gaslighting.

4.0
Sep 24, 2019

Terrible Management/Amazing Office

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The office is amazing. It provides breakfast and lunch, snacks, drinks, a barista bar. There are many game rooms and music throughout. The product is also amazing so it makes you excited to work there.

Cons

Life isn't 100% about how great the office is. When your manager is terrible it can really ruin the vibe. My manager was horrible. She typed during all our 1:1's to keep a doc on her worker's incase she had to fire them ever. She has zero empathy for anyone yet preaches everyone needs some. She blatantly lied about me to others. I can not believe this is tolerated there. I am frankly appalled.

2.0
Feb 18, 2014

Horrible management practices

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- great people at the non-director level, everyone is open-minded and passionate about their jobs - great culture and office

Cons

- the HR team structure is ridiculous and the people in management roles does not have strong values (they talk the talk but would not walk the walk and will not stand up to do what is right and fair) - the compensation and performance management structure does not make sense (salary reviews are not tied to performance)

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