Spotify Reviews

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

Pros

- You get to work at a "cool" company - Good opportunities for learning - Good tech stack for the most part - Nice office - Low stress work environment

Cons

- Promotions don't reflect the value you bring to the company. They seem to align with the number of years at your company. Put in enough years and you will eventually get promoted. There are a fair number of senior engineers with poor technical skills and don't contribute much to the team. On the other hand, there are juniors who contribute a lot and don't get promoted. This encourages poor performers to stay and encourages good performers to leave. - There is a lot of overlap amongst the teams. As a result, there is a lot of duplicate work. - Slow pace work environment. Feels like things never get done. It would be nice if coworkers have more drive and ambition. (But this could be rephrased as a positive, "work-life-balance") - Lack of vision, although this depends on which group you are in.