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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
      2.0
      Nov 7, 2014

      Gliding into a tailspin

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - An international melting pot for some of greatest engineers in Europe. - Diverse pool of talents, where everyone is either 10X or T-shaped. - Fascinating problems to work on, right on the intersection of Arts and Technology. - You get to attend one conference of choice a year, anywhere in the world. - Swedish benefits (parental, health, etc) and the work-life balance are really great.

      Cons

      - Completely inadequate compensation, with huge disparity between STO and NYC. - Bug-ridden tech stack full of tech debt. - Stock option program benefits only the upper management, with even the oldest employees left with minimal benefits. - No growth opportunities. - Irresponsible HR, mostly interested in scoring another international travel. - Cliques rule the company. - People are hired based on where they worked before, with existing talent passed over. - Hiring from big corporations affects the culture negatively. - Management responsible for the largest engineering mishaps of the past year - the Black Redesign and My Music - ends up getting promoted.

      3.0
      Nov 4, 2014

      Lots of positives but negatives are growing

      Product manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Work-life balance is great. The allow ample time off and benefits if you have kids. Must be the Swedish influence. - Amazingly smart people. Very passionate about that they do which makes it exciting to work with them. - The work done can be super interesting. Music + tech, who doesn't love that. - It's fun to work here. There are never days that you dread coming in.

      Cons

      - Politics. So many people here don't get along. Departments don't talk to one another. A huge us vs. them attitude prevails. - Lack of professional development. There's little room to move up here. Employees who have contributed greatly over 3-4 years are passed over and instead new "experienced" managers are often hired from outside. - Stock option program. It's bad. For a company that's valued in the billions the amount that is offered to employees is laughable. Re-grants are essentially non-existent for long-term employees.

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