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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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      Reviews by job title

      2K reviews
      3.0
      Jun 7, 2017

      It used to be better

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good brand. Cool culture. Lots of freedom. OK benefit.

      Cons

      1. Underpay. No bonus. Crappy options. 2. Acquired some consulting company (I won't name it here) two years ago with toxic culture and a charlatan leader ( self proclaimed thought leader, scientist and entrepreneur) and somehow this toxic culture grows in the company. This "charlatan leader" who is hated by almost everyone somehow have the ears of the CXOs and kept dishing out ridiculous/stupid roadmaps. It is pretty mind blowing the leadership can't see this phony through. 3. Hiring like crazy. Extremely low bar. Bad on boarding. You can get hired even with only 1 thumb up.

      3.0
      Feb 11, 2021

      Mixed Bag with A Lot of Perks

      Copy editor
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      -There are a bunch of really wonderful people working there who I'm still friends with to this day -The amenities and perks are fantastic. Free breakfast/lunch. Great live events and holiday parties -Good pay, workload was pretty light all things considered

      Cons

      -Content itself is pretty paint by numbers, not very meaningful -Some of the people at the top are very tone deaf/clueless as to what makes good content -A very avoidant work culture. People would rather fire others or get them to quit so they won't have to have a "difficult" conversation with them. Super passive aggressive -Overall since of malaise from working on something that is completely superfluous -No room for you to grow in your job even if you're doing work that is mostly above your job title. The glass ceiling there is bulletproof

      1.0
      Feb 7, 2020

      By far the worst company I have ever worked for

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Free food (and that's about it!)

      Cons

      - Teams are super disorganized (across the board) - Management is very inexperienced - Culture of fear (do what I say or I'll tell your boss) - Pay is horrible - If you're not a manager/lead, you will have zero autonomy - The amount of internal politics is insane - Zero diversity (although you will hear that they care about it. No. They do not)

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