Good colleagues and projects, but culture is declining - Engineering Manager II Spotify Employee Review

4.0
Apr 14, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There are pockets of really good people and there are a lot of technically interesting projects and decent internal mobility

Cons

Culture and career advancement has been going downhill for a while. Product sometimes strong arms engineering leading to quality issues.

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5.0
Jun 3, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great team morale and work styles

Cons

Sadly impacted by company layoffs

5.0
May 14, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It has started moving much faster than in prior years and there's a lot of emphasis on moving fast through AI. The culture is still pretty fun and it feels like you're working for a fun product

Cons

Spotify, as an app, is trying to find out what the next ten years look like for them. Right now leadership is experimenting with different directions and features so expect ambiguity and changing of scope and orgs

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