Company profile

Spotify

Technology Sweden

toxicity score

Toxicity level 23.4 / 100

stories

4.0☕

avg rating

issue types

Music and podcast streaming platform. Underwent three separate rounds of layoffs in 2023, cutting around 2,000 roles in total and closing its in-house podcast studios.

Issues reported

⚖️ Discrimination 🔥 Gaslighting ⏰ Overwork ☠️ Toxic Leadership ✕ Clear

Stories

☠️ Toxic Leadership

We'd just won an award. The studio closed a month later.

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I worked in one of Spotify's podcast studios. We made something we were genuinely proud of — it won an industry award in the autumn. Our team was called together for a celebration…

Paraphrased from The Verge (Dec 2023) — Spotify podcast studio closures

Spotify · Podcast Producer

0 replies 6 Dec 2023

⏰ Overwork ☠️ Toxic Leadership

Third round in twelve months. We stopped believing the reassurances.

☕☕☕☕

After the first round we were told the company was in a stronger position. After the second round we were told the restructuring was complete. After the third round they didn't re…

Paraphrased from The Verge / Vulture (2023) — Spotify three-round layoff coverage

Spotify · Content Strategist

0 replies 4 Dec 2023