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      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

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.1

      Work/Life balance

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      3.4

      Career opportunities

      3.3

      Senior management

      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
      3.0
      Mar 7, 2026

      Good people with solid work life balance

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good work life balance, great coworkers, solid development structure for junior folks

      Cons

      Certain teams might not have as much impact due to app constraints and company politics.

      1.0
      Mar 4, 2026

      Culture is not what is marketed or used to be

      Engineering manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The global footprint and tech concerns that comes with the large user base are interesting. Lots of talented engineers. 23+5 paid days off in the US.

      Cons

      The culture is far from what it used to be. It used to be exciting, encouraging, can-do attitude and agile. Today, it's all top-down, employees have no say, there are no growth paths, full waterfall process, leaders breathing down your neck all the time. Compliancy to meaningless bureaucratic processes is more important than focusing on the work itself. There is no trust that people will do a great job. Top leaders do not listen or care about the employees, great and reasonable ideas are constantly squashed. The fear-based leadership style is prevalent. HR is completely disconnected from all of this and the work on the ground. Compensation is below market average with the excuse that people should stay for the cause and not the money.

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