Home office, office, coworking space: Spotify launches flexible working models
Working for Spotify will theoretically soon be possible from anywhere. (Photo: masterpiece / Shutterstock)
No time right now?
Regardless of the pandemic, Spotify wants to offer flexible working models in the long term. The group hopes for more effective work and new talent.
Spotify lets its employees work from where they want in the long term. “We believe the time has come to transition to a flexible / distributed organization,” shares Spotify in a blog post With.
Globalization and digitization would have driven developments in this direction even before the pandemic. The experience from last year would have accelerated the process.
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Flexible choice of location and work model
Starting this summer, employees should be able to coordinate with their superiors which model suits them best. That could be a full-time home office or a full-time presence, but also a mixed model.
The country or city can also be chosen flexibly, but with some restrictions due to the time difference. If someone lives too far away from a Spotify office but doesn’t want to work from home, Spotify supports membership in a coworking space.
Recruiting more talent
More flexibility should lead to a better work-life balance and increase the effectiveness of employees, according to Spotify. The company also hopes to be able to attract more talent regardless of location.
Twitter had also decided to offer home office in the long term. According to a recent study by the Institut der Deutschen Wirtschaft, such a model is more conceivable for large companies. Most smaller companies, on the other hand, want to return to everyday office life after the pandemic.
