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Daniel Ek
92 Ratings
Pros
"Pay is ok especially for very good work life balance" (in 38 reviews)
"Free food, creative atmosphere, lots of great people, amazing product" (in 27 reviews)
Cons
"Extremely fast growth leading to growing pains" (in 15 reviews)
"Constant reorgs, middle management isn't very transparent, lots of politics, plenty of favouritism" (in 8 reviews)
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"Simply the best company I have worked for."
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Spotify full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Incredible company, fantastic culture, great work-life balance and highly motivating.
Cons
Growing pains and organisational shifts, as to be expected.
Advice to Management
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Spotify 2018-09-14 13:13 PDT Helpful (3)
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"Finance"
StarStarStarStarStarRecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Spotify full-time
Pros
Cool office, great perks, new employees get a trip to Stockholm, 6 month maternity leave, cool events and parties. Fridge is always stacked with beer and wine. Free lunch, snacks, soda, breakfast everyday. You occasionally get a free shirt or some sort of swag here or there. We also get the occasional performance and celebrity sighting. Video games galore. Ping pong is popular in the office.
Aside from that, the people I work with are wonderful. Not only are they great work wise , but they know how to have fun too. Can’t complain about management either. My managers are always looking out for us and want to see us grow and progress in our careers. Things are always changing at Spotify, which is great because you are never bored. There’s always something changing or something new happening that might impact your work. I see this as a good thing since it keeps you on your toes and provides you with more exposure in a sense.
Overall, pretty cool and awesome place to work for.Cons
Finance tends to work some long hours, especially during month end close. This might interfere with any fun Spotify happy hours or events, but not the biggest deal since there’s always events. Also, working late is pretty standard with most finance positions.
Spotify 2018-11-18 15:41 PST![Spotify Logo]()
"Good product, nice team, slowing down and managment heavy"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Spotify full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
New NYC office is incredible. You will be happy working in that environment. Compensation improved a lot recently. Coworkers are smart and kind. Actual product is one people love.
Cons
Everything moves too slow. Consensus driven to the point where nothing can get done. And most parts have too high manager to workers ratio.
Advice to Management
Stop hiring so much, and streamline who is here. Work on speed. Emphasize delivery.
Spotify 2019-03-22 14:14 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Good people, moves too slowly."
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Spotify full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
Great people and talent, cool product. CEO is strong and has a vision.
Cons
Moves incredibly slow, extremely safe / no risk taking, need 100% consensus to make even the smallest decisions. Very frustrating environment to get anything done.
With Apple being the #1 competitor, I don't see the company succeeding as it's currently run. Things are way too lax and the fire just isn't there.Advice to Management
Bottom-up doesn't work for a company this size. It's time to grow up, you're not a tiny startup anymore.
Spotify 2019-03-10 07:50 PDT![Spotify Logo]()
"They don't appreciate employees"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at Spotify full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
None at all, zero, nada
Cons
everything, this place really sucks
Advice to Management
Being nice to your employees would be a great start. There is no transparency and so many people are not qualified to have the position they are in.
Spotify 2019-03-11 16:56 PDTHelpful (5)
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"Varies a lot team to team"
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Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Spotify full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Smart coworkers, easy to get a long with. Pay is ok especially for very good work life balance. Total compensation depends on when you joined and how your options are worth, but base salary is good and so are benefits. New NYC office is very confenient and nice. Work can be interesting depends on your team.
Cons
Near constant reorganizations. Very inexperienced management, from middle management to the top. HR is nightmare, but good news is most of the people can just avoid them. No RSUs. Pay not competitive for very senior people so hard to hire them. Some people have not things to do, because there was too aggressive hiring and now too many people work on small problems.
Advice to Management
Hire experienced managers. Give better comp to senior people and RSUs. Consider performance based bonus.
Spotify 2019-01-09 09:05 PSTHelpful (9)
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"Great Perks"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Spotify full-time (More than a year)
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- Free food
- Trips to Stockholm
- lots of activitiesCons
I am getting tired of the constant reorgs. My team had a great vibe and then was suddenly uprooted and hasn’t recovered. Morale is low across the company because of this.
I’ve felt stuck in my role without advancement. Unhappy with manager who doesn’t seem to be able to help or provide any guidance on moving forward.Advice to Management
For the love of God, stop the reorgs. It hurts employee morale and disbands effective teams that are actually doing great work.
Spotify 2018-12-09 06:05 PSTHelpful (11)
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"A cool company with a need to get some structure and experienced management"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Spotify full-time (More than a year)
Pros
- great work/life balance
- a "cool" product
- great benefits (parental leave, free healthcare, 4 weeks of paid vacay and plenty holidays)
- trusted to take on highly visible projectsCons
- absolutely no structure and priorities changes on a daily basis
- a lot of talent leaves quickly because the company is not well-run
- a lot of leadership is held over from the start-up time period and do not have much experience in big tech
- low salary for a top tech company
- because of the low salary hiring managers/directors is difficult--i only had a direct manager for 6 months and a director for 6ish (only 2 months of overlap).
- no clear professional growth strategy, and managers are in charge of promo causing for much bias
- career conversations are not really taken seriously
- asked to do top level work with below average start up-level resources
- lack of centralization leads to a lot of duplication and difficulty with keeping track of data, tech ownership, etc
- little data used in making important company decisionsAdvice to Management
Invest in structure and processes. Spotify high autonomy is only possible with high alignment, and the company seems to have neither at this point (VPs creating pet projects/product with no data justification and no alignment on company strategy)
Spotify 2018-12-25 19:59 PSTHelpful (6)
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"Long Hours and Just Not Worth it!"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Spotify full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
- Good company brand & perks (free lunch, beer, snacks)
- 4 Weeks of Vacation (Standard for companies)
- Very good healthcare plan (100% coverage)
- Average salaryCons
- Very long hours (16 hours or more each day - almost 80 hours each week)
- No structure and horrible management leadership
- Management don't know what they want and just force you to do non value added work
- High stress environment and no work life balance at all
- Depending on which team you are in but the whole Finance/Accounting team is just not good to work for.Advice to Management
-Keep talents by helping them grow and learn; fix your middle management
-Promote team buildingSpotify 2018-12-19 11:49 PSTHelpful (5)
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"Good policies disappointing management"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Spotify full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Employee focused policies, free lunches and snacks, mostly self paced work, smart people
Cons
Mid management very disengaged, smart people but with very bad attitude. Company hired many people during growth and now people just slack at work (mostly because they are busing chatting on slack channels). Non existent growth opportunities because managers are always focused on external hires
Advice to Management
No point since you know it all !!
Spotify 2018-11-06 15:42 PST
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