![]() ![]() ![]() At Spotify, we believe that work is not something you need to come to the office for it’s something you do independently of where you are, and therefore you should be able to work from anywhere.”Īgain, the program is malleable, depending on what Spotify staff want, and Lundström conceded that collaborating in a hybrid model is one of the company’s biggest challenges. “We’ve learned that more flexibility gives employees true autonomy at work. “The pandemic just set this plan in motion a bit earlier,” said Lundström. Spotify had long planned to introduce the WFA scheme to become a fully distributed – or remote – organization by 2025. ![]() “We wouldn’t have been able to grow at the pace we are without the WFA program allowing us to hire in new markets.” Flexible work-in-progress “Roughly half of all new hires in 2021 were hired in a location outside our main hubs and we’ve continued to explore entries in new locations,” she added. “It’s positive proof that our decision of listening to and trusting our people worked,” she said.īy separating work from the necessity of being physically present in the office, Spotify has widened its talent hiring net considerably, Lundström said. states, and in Europe it has expanded to Spain, Germany and the Netherlands.Īnna Lundström, Spotify’s vp of human resources, told WorkLife she was pleased that the company’s bold move had reaped such rewards, and that it will continue to evolve the model. It’s also enabled the organization to enter new territories – it’s now registered in 42 U.S. The headline news, though, is that despite the great resignation trend, Spotify claimed staff churn has reduced compared to pre-pandemic levels and that it has also boosted the diversity of its workforce – as a direct result of the policy. That seemed to be a popular move: 6% of its 11,453 employees moved countries after this policy was introduced, and a large chunk of whom moved within the U.S. The music-streaming company also tweaked its salary bands, recalibrating them by nation rather than city or region. The policy enabled staff to decide when they worked in a company office or wherever else on the planet, as long as the Swedish-headquartered company had a hub in that country. Spotify launched a new work model called “work from anywhere” (WFA) in February 2021 – and it was music to the ears of its 8,600 employees, according to data published in early August. Sign up for the WorkLife Daily Newsletter here. Get the latest on how the workplace is changing, delivered to your inbox daily. ![]()
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