Spotify

You work to bring music to people, which is a laudable work. You get everything you need to do your job at very good office spaces. There is 100% transparency in what the goals for the company are and what decisions are being taken to reach them.

Spotify is not the disruptive product that it once was, and it is not that special anymore. While growing, it is becoming slow to innovate and come up with new features.

The company is very focused on products and often forgets about the technical side of things.

The structure of the organization in small teams is both a blessing and a curse. There is a lot of duplicated work going on simultaneously, a product of the lack of communication between teams working on similar tasks across the company. The small multifunctional teams make it difficult for someone to excel technically, since every member needs to be flexible enough to work in different areas.

Invest in teams that care about the technical side of the products.

Implement a proper personal career development plan for people who don't necessarily think management is their thing.