Italiano, Head of Global Hits, who works out of Spotify’s Los Angeles office. “ Some of the coolest things I’ve worked on here have grown out of small talk in the hallways and around our desks,” says J.J. Unassigned desks allow employees the flexibility to change up their office environment depending on their work needs or even their moods. Our offices are being designed accordingly. Some view collaboration as their primary motivation for spending time in the office for others, it’s the focus time. The three main objectives are flexibility, well-being and sustainability.” “The goal is to provide a workplace that reflects the needs of the employees and thus the business. “We consider the dynamic workplace to be an approach and not a solution,” he ex plained. According to Mattias Stålhammar, head of Global Workplace Services, Spotify started office transformations in autumn of 2019. Employees can flex as their day and work needs require.Ī post shared by Life at Spotify concept of providing an office space that reflects the needs of employees, or a “dynamic workplace,” was under consideration even pre-pandemic.
Conference rooms with smart monitors for hybrid meetings can be booked for groups of two, four, 10, and more. Around the corner, desks are dotted across open collaborative areas that are great for in-promptu conversations the space’s quieter padded conference alcoves are ideal for when employees need to focus. Start with a hub-a location like Spotify’s New York office (where you’ll be treated to sweeping views of the harbor and comfortable seating for meetings and relaxing alike). However, much has changed, and more employees now work fully remote, while those who choose to go into the office one, two, or five days a week find themselves in an entirely new set-up.Īll of this ladders up to our distributed-first mentality-one in which Spotify provides a productive work space for everyone, even when no two employees’ work places, preferences, or optimal schedules are the same. Now, employees are again holding hybrid meetings, with some in offices and others at home across the world. The events of 2020, in addition to employee feedback, served to accelerate this transition.įast-forward two years, in which we’ve incorporated a Work from Anywhere (WFA) policy and converted our offices to become dynamic workplaces. So becoming “distributed-first,” or enabling employees to work from the places that were the most conducive to them, was a logical next step. Particularly, the goals of globalization and digitalization necessitated an even more flexible way of working. Yet Spotify’s leadership team recognized early that in-office work wasn’t the only way to achieve company goals. Still, the majority of our 6,000+ employees were heading into work daily at one of our offices prior to the start of the pandemic.
Global and local teams as well as collaborators worldwide meant that combined in-person and virtual meetings were already a big part of the company culture. “Does everyone in the room and on-screen have an opportunity to speak?”Īs a company, Spotify has long appreciated and embraced the intricacies of hybrid meetings. Enter a meeting room in any Spotify office and you’ll see a reminder on the screen, a mantra to keep in mind as you turn on the monitor to start your meeting: “We are distributed first,” it reads.
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