An amazing journey with a sad ending
Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich
The product, the talents we have got, the benefits and the history. I can look back at my journey with this company and feel good about what I achieved and learned. Which I am very thankful for.
Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich
The focus on getting good results for the share holders. Especially when that is achieved by taking from the employees.
Recent incentives for cost savings and the laughable merit increase rate while we hear about all the great deals we got and how many new customers are acquired in the all-team meetings. This just doesn't feel right.
Also the recent layoffs and communication about it combined with the introduction of the "success factors" is installing fear in many employees.
Verbesserungsvorschläge
Slow down. A global approach is okay but shouldn't be the sole focus. Honor your employees more than the shareholders. It's not too late to fix it but if we continue with the current direction I am very much afraid that we will loose a lot of very good people.
Arbeitsatmosphäre
Employees feel insecure and being looked at from management. Recent developments in regards to success factors, layoffs, communication about those and even the work model change has left a very sour taste in many mouths.
Overall I feel like the atmosphere is strongly decreasing and has reached - yet again - a new all-time low.
Kommunikation
From open and transparent to vague and with a lot of flowers. Communication from the US is usually very "polished" with many words that hide the actual (sometimes harsh) message very well. You read a lot but get very little...
Kollegenzusammenhalt
With Software Engineers and the teams themselves it's pretty good - at least in my department. Nevertheless the higher up you go, the more elbow-culture is established and you either try to be on the good side with the managers there, or you'll be having an extremely difficult time to get anything heard.
Work-Life-Balance
Unfortunately this decreased a lot lately. Employees being "motivated" to go to the office on fixed days, changes to the work model in general which reduced the flexibility very significantly and lastly the "need to perform" that was recently introduced. All of those are reducing the meaning of work-life-balance and my colleagues are often pointing out that they're heavily under pressure, feel insecure and some even hint towards looking for an alternative job. This should be a huge red flag to any employer but more often then not this only reaches deaf ears.
Vorgesetztenverhalten
The higher up, the worse it gets. Unfortunately it's a shark tank by now and everyone is just trying to get higher than others. Especially mid-level management is pretty screwed as employees will come to you to complain but you cannot change or sometimes even voice their opinions any further.
Interessante Aufgaben
I think this is where the company still shines. There's a good focus on new technologies and - depending on your area of work - interesting tasks. But there's also a lot of mundane work, legacy support and tedious tasks.
With the current company size there's often a wild-west situation where multiple teams are looking into the same technologies and are not aware (or ignorant) of another team's work.
Gleichberechtigung
Generally good. I think the company is very much trying to provide a fair environment for anyone.
Umgang mit älteren Kollegen
Long-term employees do not get the treatment they would deserve. While a fresh set of minds is healthy and important. The expertise and knowledge of the older employees is crucial to provide the best solution.
Arbeitsbedingungen
The offices are good. For some it's too open spaced and noisy. There's a constant struggle for meeting rooms.
Gehalt/Sozialleistungen
It is okay, but not out of the ordinary. Salary for new hires is usually good but the yearly increases can be a joke. Not being able to match inflation is a net pay cut for the employees rather than a rise.
There's benefits that help to overlook the salary issues but eventually a good monthly payment is what most people will be looking for over anything else.
Image
We're doing a great job with PR as the outside view is still marvellous. Unfortunately over the last few years the image on the inside has drastically changed. Employees are no longer (as) proud (as they used to) to work for Dynatrace.
Karriere/Weiterbildung
Technical training is good, there's plenty of offers to spend your working hours on training. Actual career steps is a different topic. It can be extremely frustrating to "climb the ladder" as those above you are expecting so much more than they had to provide when they were in your shoes. Sometimes your ideas in these workshops are taken and sold as their own idea.