Spotify Lets Employees Work from Home Through 2020
May. 22, 2020Following the lead ofFacebook and Google, Swedish music streaming giantSpotify has now let its employees work from home through the end of the yearin the wake of the coronavirus pandemic to ensure the safety of its employees.
“Earlier today, we announced the extension of our work-from-home arrangement for all Spotify employees globally. We will continue to track local government guidelines city-by-city and take a phased approach of opening our offices when we deem it safe to do so.”,a Spotify spokesperson toldMusic Business Worldwide.“Our employees’ health and safety is our top priority. No employee will be required to come into the office and can choose to work from home through the end of the year.”
Just like Spotify, other tech giants are also bringing in work from home policies. Twitter, Facebook, and e-commerce platform Shopify have gone a step further to offer permanent work from home option to their employees. However, employees have the option to choose if they’d rather work from the office.
As a step to increase user engagement in the platform amid the coronavirus pandemic, Spotify has introduced agroup session featurethat lets multiple Spotify Premium users listen to tracks together and control the session.
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