Spotify

Very modern and flexible work environment.

Extra perks like food card and WFH.

Shiny MacBook and iPhone upon joining!

Company events have high production value.

Having Spotify on your resume will open all the doors in the tech industry.

Psychological safety is claimed by this company, but not practiced at the lower levels.

Most teams work on projects that are not important and fester with politicking.

Highly chaotic company that constantly changes reporting lines. Due to this, your progress towards promotion will be reset basically every year.

In-fighting to get high-visibility assignments to put in your promotion packet.

Most people who join this company have ego issues.

Herd mentality and high collaboration leads to projects moving incredibly slow.

Swedish culture can be difficult to digest for some.

It felt like everyone focused on their promotable assignments, leaving the heavy lifting to poor souls destined to be stuck in their role. I don’t know how to solve that other than to change the promotion syllabus.