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

3.0
30 May 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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
3 June 2026
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Pros

Great team morale and work styles

Cons

Sadly impacted by company layoffs

3.0
18 June 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Some teams have good work life balance while other teams are constantly crunching due to requirements and prio changes

Cons

AI push and low comp compared to other orgs, absolutely no career growth unless you are strong playing the stupid politics games.

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