Spotify’s HR chief says remote staff aren’t “children.”

Among the many voluntary missions from the high-tech giants, Amazon and iPhone Challenger there is nothingSpotify believes there’s no need to treat staff like “children” and finish work from popular homes.

Spotify went through an overhaul in 2023. Layoff 17% of staff in December confirmed CEO Daniel EK was bigger Impact on operation More than the company expected.

This decision served more than the market value of Double Spotify in 2024. This is because the group recorded quarterly revenue while reducing costs. But inside Spotify, the layoffs swayed morale.

For those who survived ull, there would be no plans to reduce further morale to break with Spotify’s popular “Work from Anywhere” policy.

“You can’t spend a lot of time hiring adults and you can’t treat them like kids,” says Katarina Berg, Chief Human Resources Officer at Spotify He told Raconteurexplains the group’s continuous flexible work location policy.

“We’re a business that has become digital from birth, so why shouldn’t we give our people flexibility and freedom?

“Work isn’t where you come, it’s what you do.”

In February 2021, Spotify joined several other high-tech groups, and employees said they had “I work from anywhere. “This allowed employees to choose where and how they worked if they had an office in that jurisdiction.

Unlike other companies that dripped employees, it is a hybrid based Metaor left and requested a full return to the office like Amazon, but Spotify has not chosen to rely on this policy.

The main reason is probably the effect it has. It was held. Spotify said the attrition rate was 15% lower in the second quarter of 2022 compared to the same period in 2019. The company also said it has improved talent diversity.

Spotify is not going to drop the remote working policy anytime soon, but Berg has admitted it is not an ideal setup.

“It’s difficult and we all struggle to work together in a virtual environment,” Berg said. “But does that mean that as soon as there is a tendency, people start to force them to come to the office? No.”

The company still uses innovative methods to encourage music-loving staff to come to the office. This will host “listening lounge” sessions featuring pop stars such as Olivia Dean and Rag ‘n’ Bone Man. Also, staff are highly encouraged to come to the office during Spotify’s “core week” and reconnect and discuss strategies.

Spotify’s biggest round layoff came in December 2023 when CEO said goodbye to 1,500 staff members when EK said too much of his “away from work”;

The impact of these layoffs on operations was greater than EK’s expected, and Berg explained to Raconteur The rest of the staff were left in “impact state” by ull.

“Spotify was overgrown, but this was the only thing people knew,” she said. “Many people on Spotify have never seen a recession and there’s a lot to absorb and digest.”

Editor’s Note: A version of this article was first published on Fortune.com on October 8, 2024.

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