” The company has shortened its time to hire since rolling out Work From Any where, dropping from 48 days to 42 days, a huge benefit for the growing organization in a tight labor market. “ We also saw a green wave people wanted to go away from the bigger cities and live closer to nature or have a different type of life. “ We saw a lot of people had a tendency to move back closer to family, ” Berg says. Ībout 150 of Spotify ` s 6, 500 global employees chose to move to a different country, representing 2 % of the company ` s total workforce.
The HR team then created a roughly 40 – page playbook for the rollout of Work From Any where, and later released a slim med – down Q & A document for employees. īefore the policy ` s rollout, Spotify created an exhaustive FAQ document and used it as a framework for internal planning, starting with the most important questions employees would likely want answered. “ We also wanted to be able to tap into even broader and more diverse talent pools than we were currently tapping into, ” she adds, citing heightened competition for talent and a need for teams that reflect the company ` s diverse customer base. “ A clear common thread throughout our surveys the past couple of years, before we put this Work From Any where together, has been asking for flexibility, ” says Anna Lund strom, an HR VP and one of the two architects of the Work From Any where policy. The pand emic sent office workers home, usher ing in the work – from – home experiment faster than expected. In early 2020, Spotify’ s leadership team gathered in New York City and set a goal to become a fully – dist ributed company by 2025. Spotify’s Work from Any where initiative was conceived pre – p and emic. B erg and her team have spent the last year tracking how the new work model affects creativity, collaboration, and productivity, the latter of which is measured by the quality and speed of completed projects.
Katrina Berg, Spotify’s chief human resources officer, tells Fortune in an interview. “ People want that flexibility and that freedom, ” What’s more, the music streaming service says its location flexibility has helped the company meet their objectives, with roughly half of new hires coming from a location outside of Spotify’s main hubs in New York City and Los Angeles. Spot ify credits these changes to its return – to – office initiative. More than a year later, Spotify says it’s experienced lower turnover compared to pre – p and emic levels and increased diverse representation.
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