Spotify to make its offices feel more like home as it introduces "work from anywhere" policy
Swedish music streaming brand Spotify is to improve the cosiness and acoustics of its offices to appeal to employees used to working from home during the coronavirus pandemic.
It will also introduce a "work from anywhere" policy from this summer. Announced last month, this will allow employees to work from home, from the office or from a combination of the two.
"We've got a new policy, which is basically [that you can] work from anywhere, which is inclusive to everyone being able to choose wherever they work," said Sonya Simmonds, head of workplace design and build at Spotify.
Top: Spotify's London office designed by TP Bennett. Above: Sonya Simmonds, head of workplace, design and build at Spotify
Simmonds discussed the company's approach to reopening its offices during a live Dezeen talk about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on workplace design. "I think that we see two camps really," she said, explaining how Spotify employees feel. "People who want to work from home and people who want to go into the office."
"But we still see a massive need for the office."
Testi noted that corporate clients were increasingly interested in providing music in the workplace.
"People we work with like Spotify, Google and Facebook have had music in their receptions and restaurants for a long time but we're now seeing that go into other more traditionally corporate sectors, like banking and law firms," he said.
"It might...
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