Has its benefits but also severe drawbacks - Machine Learning Engineering Manager II Spotify Employee Review

3.0
May 30, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

* Very flexible scheduling and remote work * Extremely chill even in the busiest parts of the company * Coworkers are smart and collaborative and good people

Cons

* Upper leadership questionable decisions * Long-term you won't accomplish things that are important for growth and learning and putting on resume * Pay is nowhere near competitive in industry * No career growth

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5.0
Jul 19, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits and quality of life

Cons

Easy to get lost in the size of the company. Always a "what if" after large layoffs.

3.0
Jul 21, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay, ok work life balance, trips to sweden, strong engineers

Cons

Pay is lowish, management needs a lot of improvement,

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