Spotify

An international melting pot for some of the greatest engineers in Europe. A diverse pool of talents, where everyone is either 10X or T-shaped. Fascinating problems to work on, right on the intersection of Arts and Technology. You get to attend one conference of choice a year, anywhere in the world. Swedish benefits (parental, health, etc.) and the work-life balance are really great.

• Completely inadequate compensation, with huge disparity between STO and NYC.
• Bug-ridden tech stack full of tech debt.
• Stock option program benefits only the upper management, with even the oldest employees left with minimal benefits.
• No growth opportunities.
• Irresponsible HR, mostly interested in scoring another international travel.
• Cliques rule the company.
• People are hired based on where they worked before, with existing talent passed over.
• Hiring from big corporations affects the culture negatively.
• Management responsible for the largest engineering mishaps of the past year – the Black Redesign and My Music – ends up getting promoted.

With the ongoing pivot, we are gliding into a tailspin. "Directors" on all levels are incredibly political and thwart engineering and product progress. Provide actual growth opportunities, not fake titles. Throw out the corporate newspeak you push so hard on us. We can smell it. Passion does not pay for food and vacation, so start paying adequately to those you hire. Either that, or Apple and Google are going to eat our lunch.