Is Spotify a good company to work for?

Spotify has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 2,197 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months. 78% of employees would recommend working at Spotify to a friend and 64% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Spotify have been left by employees working as Internship , Machine Learning Engineer and Intern .

Does Spotify pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Spotify employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Spotify. This rating has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Spotify?

78% of Spotify employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Spotify 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Spotify?

Software Engineer (140) , Senior Software Engineer (66) , Data Scientist (53) , Product Manager (38) , Senior Product Manager (29) , Engineering Manager (26) , Intern (26) , Account Manager (25) , Product Designer (23) , Senior Data Scientist (22) , Software Engineer II (22) , Manager (21) , Campaign Manager (20) , Machine Learning Engineer (20) , Client Partner (19)

What are the pros of working at Spotify according to real employee reviews?

"Great culture and a fun environment" ((in 284 reviews)); "Working from anywhere is great for people with family and living far from the office." ((in 224 reviews)); "Great benefits; You will have a lot of flexibility and little accountability" ((in 192 reviews)); "Great work/life balance and many perks to indulge on while there" ((in 173 reviews)); "Interesting work and great colleagues" ((in 80 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Spotify according to real employee reviews?

"Management is poor." ((in 61 reviews)); "Better be best friends with senior leadership if you want a promotion." ((in 57 reviews)); "Recent layoffs in Jan 2023 are referred to internally as the "Blood Sacrifices"." ((in 53 reviews)); "Engineers suffer pretty bad amongst all this because their managers are inexperienced and not able to help them grow." ((in 51 reviews)); "Swedish salaries are low and only competitive because they pay more than any other local company will." ((in 50 reviews))

What are employees saying about Spotify layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Spotify layoffs and their outlook for job security at Spotify in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Spotify locations?

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3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(1,764 total reviews)

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 1,764 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

2.0

Sep 24, 2020

Chasing it's own tail...

Talent acquisition partner

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Strong Branding and some really great people work there.

Cons

Lack of communication and transparency from leadership, haphazard decision making, claims to have a strong culture of inclusion - rarely if ever witnessed. Pre-Covid constant travel back and forth from Stockholm was needed to get in front of engineering and product leadership. Several key engineering leaders were toxic and their toxic behavior was known by HR, but no actions were ever taken.

1.0

Dec 9, 2019

bad bad bad

Lead

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

free food all day long

Cons

Never ever have I worked for a firm that has so little idea what they are doing.

1.0

Aug 29, 2019

People orientated company but inept HR including poor compensation, lack of career development for non-eng and prod.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Company really do care about work life balance and people. You are not penalized for having a good work life balance and great benefits. One of rare companies where managers will actively ask have you taken a vacation to relax.

Cons

HR is absolutely terrible. Great intentions, horrible executions, underwhelming HR talent, so don't be taken in by illusion of it. HR butcher many things including career development, compensations, interview experience, and so forth. Spotify is NOT the place to come to grow your career for majority of people. Only few can actively grow their career here. Spotify is place to come if you want a great work life balance at cost of non-existent career development except for Engineers and Product Managers. Hell, even in people who are in accountable to work on career development frameworks such as HRBPs don't have career framework for themselves.

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