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They're not as great as advertised

Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Spotify for less than 1 year
May 9, 2022
2.0
Negative OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros
  • Company has a drive for highly technical work and new technology.
  • They're less "evil" than many other companies, often supporting good causes.
  • They have been flexible with working from home, even now after the lockdown has more or less lifted.
  • They have internal opportunities to learn.
Cons
  • They are still a corporation that is driven by money; sometimes that leads to supporting people who aren't so great.

  • What they seem to value in developers isn't technical skill. I've seen three great developers I personally knew and worked with leave the company in my two years. At least for two of them, it was because they were denied promotion.

  • The compensation is fine, but is still not internally competitive. New hires with the same skill set, at the same level, have been offered a larger salary than existing employees.

  • They sometimes waste the talent that's there by spending too much work on ideas that never materialize into anything tangible.

Advice to Management

Your company is built on top of the technical skill of people. Value that more.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
3.0
Culture and Values
1.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
5.0
Career Opportunities
4.0
Compensation and Benefits
2.0
Senior Management
3.0

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