Great Office and Brand. Nightmare for Product and Engineers. - Product Manager Spotify Employee Review

2.0
Aug 27, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Beautiful offices (both in Sweden and US). Perks are great too. People in various teams are usually friendly and helpful.

Cons

Terrible politics. You won't get any work done here. As a PM, you will spend hours in unnecessary meetings created to please directors. Performance reviews are not actually based on your impact. Mostly based on how many friends you have and/or if directors and managers like you. Engineers are frustrated with the lack of direction and innovation. Cult-like environment that doesn't welcome different opinions. I spent most of my time program managing people, endless meetings just to keep people happy. A nightmare for any product manager. Tech debt is insane.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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