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?

New York , Los Angeles , Boston , San Francisco , Miami , Chicago , Somerville , Washington , Houston , Atlanta , Sweden , Charlotte , Phoenix , Detroit , Cleveland , Riverside , San Diego , Jersey City , Florence , Bronx , Brooklyn , Nyack , White Plains , Mesa , Stockholm , Portland , Canada , Austin , Minneapolis , Indianapolis

Spotify reviews

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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Reviews by job title

2K reviews

5.0

Nov 24, 2015

Growth

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great dynamic work-place with loads of incredible people. It is fast paced environment where you have to take data driven decisions but still be very creative to succeed.

Cons

Things move extremely fast and you have got to be able to really sell your ideas internally. The aggressive and hungry environment in not fit for all people.

Spotify Response

10y

Thanks! We are indeed growing fast and we do move extremely fast sometimes, but we're working hard trying to maintain an environment were you are able to bring your ideas to life.

4.0

Nov 10, 2015

Time with Company

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

great giveaway items. Great material.

Cons

very little actionable direction. not only one who thought so

Spotify Response

10y

Thanks for the review & the feedback.

4.0

Nov 10, 2015

Overall, a very good company

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You work to bring music to people, which is a laudable work. You get everything you need to do your job, at very good office spaces. There is 100% transparency in what the goals for the company are, and what decisions are being taken to reach them.

Cons

Spotify is not the disruptive product that once was, and it is not that special anymore. While growing, it's becoming slow to innovate and come up with new features. The company is very focused on products and often forgets about the technical side of the things. The structure of the organization in small teams is both a blessing and a curse. There is a lot of duplicated work going on simultaneously, product of the lack of communication between teams working in similar tasks across the company. The small multifunctional teams makes it difficult for someone to excel technically, since every member needs to be flexible enough to work in different areas.

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