We’ve written before about building a benefits and perks strategy that is true to the company culture, and how important that has been when it comes to making employees feel at home. But what about the actual company home, the office environment? How does that become an integrated part of the employer brand strategy?
Employer Branding
Lessons learned about people experience in 2017
It’s that time of year, when a blog post about what you’ve learned in 2017 is standard. Expected even. When I started thinking about this post, I imagined a checklist of things that I marked off as completed. Or new things I learnt. The secret sauce to the success (or maybe even failures) of 2017. […]
Mo Money Mo Problems
The balancing acts of benefits
Social at Spotify – what’s it all about?
HR: Social a.k.a. Employee Engagement I often get introduced to either new Spotifiers or those outside of Spotify as head of fun! It’s a very nice introduction and I do have (and encourage others to have) a lot of fun at work, but the job title/description is not exactly accurate! Me and my team have […]
Embracing failure builds culture
I recently opened the Tribe Conference talking about Spotify’s people strategy and culture. During this period of hyper growth at Spotify, what could be more important than the actions that help us to build culture? For millions of years, human beings have been part of one tribe or another, with a shared interest, a shared […]
Paid Leave – Music to Our Ears
At Spotify, our passion is music. In fact, when a new employee joins, we often greet them by saying, “Welcome to the band.” The people of Spotify got us where we are today, and our ability to continue to deliver the world’s best music service lies in their hands. We believe in helping our […]
Company values – why bother?
Values at Spotify circa 2013 Back in 2013, at Spotify, we had value mantras. Some of them I could relate to, but certainly not all of them. A couple felt completely alien – like forcing on a pair of jeans that weren’t the right cut, when the shopping assistant hadn’t even asked my size. […]