Don't quit a job or relocate for this "once in a lifetime experience"
Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich
cool people, cool team, great location
guys you are the only reason for me to stay that long!!
Update: As I have left (and some of you as well): be strong and all the best!!
Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich
the company is currently destroyed top to bottom. The owner is destroying his toy and will cry over it afterwards, but that's life
Verbesserungsvorschläge
keep the owner/investor off the daily business. When it ever comes to marketing and going public he is the man, but not for development or engineering. Taking decisions isn't his strength.
Less dreams and more ground based thinking might give the twist and make the company survive, but I for myself have decided that the risk is too high for me and I look around for another option as MANY(most?) others do as well.
Arbeitsatmosphäre
it would be very cool if the owner didn't jeopardize. private relationships and interesting topics hold us back from leaving immediately. very international - English is the main language
Kommunikation
between colleagues sometimes information is not forwarded (this happens everywhere). but from management information is held back on purpose (paranoia) and the "need to know principle" is the master of all information
Kollegenzusammenhalt
between colleagues it is good. Up to now management doesn't play games to get people work against each other (though gaps between departments start to open up)
Work-Life-Balance
if the job is not your life you have a problem. no flexibility (officially, but you can find bypasses)
Vorgesetztenverhalten
the owner rules into the company and management mostly does not absorb but rather amplifies pressure and strange ideas
Interessante Aufgaben
the one and only reason to be there, but erratic decisions from top management jeopardize this completely. Why do something interesting if its trashed 2 months later anyways?
Umgang mit älteren Kollegen
80% are <30y, 40+ have been rather fired recently (due to higher wages together with their seniority) - one of the many erratic decisions to fire senior people in an high-end tech-startup
Arbeitsbedingungen
wages are rather high but they don't really compensate for the missing appreciation. Office is new and fancy at the Hauptbahnhof but rather bring your own office chair (to prevent back pain, the provided ones are mostly broken and in disgusting condition) and headset (to be able to use Teams, no phones to communicate to the rest of the world btw).
Update: Chairs not replaced after 1 year.
Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein
the owner drives a Tesla and comes by train. At the moment everything should be perfectly "green" designed. When it comes to reality due to cost reasons most probably there will be only "green washing" left over
Gehalt/Sozialleistungen
wages rather high but 5 weeks holidays for an all-in contract is not competitive (and 2 of that are pushed to be consumed at Christmas!), Homeoffice only if negotiated before signing the contract
No canteen or restaurant tickets. Be prepared to pay 11€ for food every day or go for junk food (at least there are microwaves in the kitchen)
Image
as the company is in "stealth mode" the prevent the disclosure of information (as workaround search for patents...) there is no external image. internal image around -273°C
Karriere/Weiterbildung
negative report, at least there have been German classes at the office (at dinner time)
Arbeitgeber-Kommentar
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