Giving our people more flexibility will support better work-life balance and help tap into new talent pools while keeping our existing band members.Effectiveness can’t be measured by the number of hours people spend in an office – instead, giving people the freedom to choose where they work will boost effectiveness.Work isn’t something you come to the office for, it’s something you do.While this approach to increased flexibility is something to celebrate, what's even more beautiful than the practice itself are the beliefs and principles behind it. We want employees to come as they are, wherever they are and whatever their circumstances are” he said. “This is an opportunity to scrap the idea that big cities are the only places where meaningful work can happen, because we know first-hand that isn’t true.

“Most of our offices are in large cities like New York, London and Stockholm, but we know that moving to or staying in these cities isn’t always realistic for-or attractive to-potential employees,” said Travis Robinson, Spotify's head of diversity, inclusion and belonging. That's significantly different to other tech giants who have talked about allowing remote work, but reduce salaries when employees move to locations with a lower cost of living. They will continue to pay New York and San Francisco-level salaries (based on the job) to employees working remotely. If there is no Spotify office in the vicinity, the company supplies membership of a co-working space. If employees want to move to another city or country, they can do that too.

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