Is Spotify a good company to work for?

Spotify has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 2,195 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 company values" ((in 288 reviews)); "Working from anywhere is great for people with family and living far from the office." ((in 223 reviews)); "Great benefits; You will have a lot of flexibility and little accountability" ((in 197 reviews)); "Great work/life balance and many perks to indulge on while there" ((in 169 reviews)); "Interesting work and great colleagues" ((in 76 reviews))

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

"Management is poor." ((in 63 reviews)); "Frequent reorgs and 3 public mass layoffs. 2 sneaky layoffs that I know of." ((in 55 reviews)); "Lack of vision and leadership." ((in 53 reviews)); "Swedish salaries are low and only competitive because they pay more than any other local company will." ((in 50 reviews)); "Engineers suffer pretty bad amongst all this because their managers are inexperienced and not able to help them grow." ((in 46 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

(1,762 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 1,762 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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Reviews by job title

2K reviews

5.0

May 22, 2013

Great place to work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great energy in the company and friendly people. Upbeat environment with possibilities to ship things and take initiatives.

Cons

As always with fast growing companies some more alignment needed, but several improvements have been made lately so on a good track.

Spotify Response

12y

Indeed we strive to always improve, thanks for the review!

5.0

Apr 24, 2013

Greatest company I've worked for with a proven product and very awesome people with which to collaborate

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Spotify is within the ideal company size range between a large, established brand and smaller, scrappier startup. You're free to take time off work to sit in on lunch and learns and other such knowledge sharing extracurricular activities/meetings but you still get to have a major influence over the product even as a new hire. Because of the Swedish culture influence you will not be ground down to ash by being overworked - it is not expected at all for one to be working at the office for greater than 8-9 hours a day - but excellence is still encouraged so going the extra mile if the individual can fit it in is met with high appreciation.

Cons

We don't have the resources of a larger company but we move slower than a startup so it can be frustrating when you see corners being cut due to time constraints or new and/or open source technologies being ignored just for the sake of building a lesser alternative in-house. We need to leverage the strengths of our developers so as to move more quickly instead of dogmatically sticking to a specific set of technologies which could very well be obsoleted within years.

5.0

Mar 27, 2013

I feel so lucky to be a part of this company!

Marketing/communications

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

An amazing company with an amazing collection of people. The company really cares about its employees and goes out of its way to ensure that Spotify is a great place to work.

Cons

We work super hard and are constantly running from one project to the next - sometimes it is a challenge to find a good work/life balance. There are tons of teams all over working on their own projects with differing processes and sometimes there isn't a ton of cross-departmental synergy. To stay in the loop, you need to take charge, figure out who the right people are to connect with and find your own info.

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