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Spotify to cut 6% of workforce, some 600 employees: CEO

"In hindsight, I was too ambitious in investing ahead of our revenue growth. And for this reason, today, we are reducing our employee base by about six percent across the company," Spotify CEO Daniel Ek said on Spotify's official blog.

Published January 23,2023
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Swedish music streaming giant Spotify said Monday that it was cutting six percent of its roughly 10,000 employees, the latest among a slew of cost-cutting announcements by technology companies.

"In hindsight, I was too ambitious in investing ahead of our revenue growth. And for this reason, today, we are reducing our employee base by about six percent across the company," Spotify CEO Daniel Ek said on Spotify's official blog.