Culture is not what is marketed or used to be
Culture is not what is marketed or used to be
The global footprint and tech concerns that come with the large user base are interesting. There are lots of talented engineers. There are 23+5 paid days off in the US.
The culture is far from what it used to be. It used to be exciting, encouraging, have a can-do attitude, and be agile. Today, it's all top-down, employees have no say, there are no growth paths, it is a full waterfall process, and leaders are breathing down your neck all the time. Compliancy to meaningless bureaucratic processes is more important than focusing on the work itself. There is no trust that people will do a great job. Top leaders do not listen or care about the employees, and great and reasonable ideas are constantly squashed. The fear-based leadership style is prevalent. HR is completely disconnected from all of this and the work on the ground. Compensation is below market average with the excuse that people should stay for the cause and not the money.
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It took around two months for them to review my CV, after which a call was scheduled with a recruiter. They were clearly situated in a vast open-plan area with a lot of background noise. The recruiter made no effort to be personable or to "sell" Spot
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A Spotify recruiter emailed me to take a "candidate assessment." This was step one and involved a series of logic puzzles via cubiksonline.com. I never heard back from them, so I don't know how I performed. I also never spoke to anyone on the phone.
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Stockholm, SwedenJanuary 1, 2019It took around two months for them to review my CV, after which a call was scheduled with a recruiter. They were clearly situated in a vast open-plan area with a lot of background noise. The recruiter made no effort to be personable or to "sell" Spot
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RemoteDecember 1, 2022The interviewer had already decided she was not interested in the interview even before it had started. The process was standard, and the interviewer was very dry and apathetic, making the whole hour really uncomfortable. She was slacking while askin
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London, United KingdomOctober 1, 2019A Spotify recruiter emailed me to take a "candidate assessment." This was step one and involved a series of logic puzzles via cubiksonline.com. I never heard back from them, so I don't know how I performed. I also never spoke to anyone on the phone.
