Employees report that internal referrals, stand-out experience and direct engagement are the best way to get hired.

Known for its constant intake of employees, Spotify maintains several divisions and publishes both job openings and internship opportunities. Whether Spotify’s overall operating structure and approach to content distribution is viable for the long-term remains to be seen.įor MBAs looking for a way to help musicians from inside the belly of the beast, let’s take a look at employment at Spotify. The composer and harpist Joanna Newsom disparaged Spotify in a 2015 LA Times interview as a “villainous cabal of major labels … built from the ground up as a way to circumvent the idea of paying their artists.”īut the platform’s growing power and presence have coerced musicians to play ball, even if they are reluctant to do so.

One might now understand why many high-profile musicians, like Prince, The Beatles, Taylor Swift, and Neil Young, initially refused to stream their music on Spotify.

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