Outdated Return-to-Office Policy and Leadership That Creates an Unpleasant Atmosphere
Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich
- Trust they put in you with projects without micro managing
- Each office can adjust some rules according to their own needs
- The teams
- The variety of projects and clients and by that the amount you can learn :-)
- Summerparty and Christmasparty in general to bring everyone together :-)
Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich
1. Below-market high-level salaries
2. When internal surveys reveal negative feedback or unpopular opinions, you're treated as the enemy, rather than being met with an effort to understand and improve
3. The focus is entirely on numbers
4. Christmas parties are now scheduled 2 days before christmas, a time when most people are preparing to travel home. It feels like they’re more concerned about avoiding sick days during regular work hours knowing the compay is going to be closed after the christmas party anyway
5. No Christmas, vacation or end-of-year boni or at least a little creative personal surprise or even personalized speech that shows some appreciation for the work we are all doing during the year. Beanies with a huge AF Logo nobody is gonna wear – really?
Verbesserungsvorschläge
1. Homeoffice Flexibility, no back-to-office culture
2. A more appreciative communication style from C-Level to employees: we all want to work here, love our projects and clients a lot of the times and are not taking half days off just because we work from home
3. More appreciation for project successes
4. HR shouldn't complain about tasks that are central to their role, such as receiving and evaluating employee feedback and addressing concerns.
Arbeitsatmosphäre
Within the team it is totally fine, within the overall company it's unpleasant
Kommunikation
1. Communication in official meetings from C-level to employees often feels awkward, unpleasant and restrictive. It sometimes comes across as if they don't trust us and begrudge us even small improvements. For instance, when they finally changed the sick leave policy to not require a doctor's note from day one, it was coupled with the comment, "We will monitor this over the next 6 to 12 months to see if the number of sick leaves around weekends increases, and if so, we'll revert to the old rule."
Another example is the new "back to office" policy, where we're required to book desks, accompanied by the statement, "Of course, we'll be checking to ensure you're actually in the office." Come on, really? Even if there are concerns, they don't need to be expressed this way, as it creates an atmosphere of mistrust and excessive control.
2. Good thing is the regular all hands meeting about company updates which has a slot for questions afterwards
3. The removal of team events and employee benefits like lunches during meetings or in other locations breakfast, combined with a lack of transparency about who gets to do what and when, creates a sense of randomness and inconsistency.
Kollegenzusammenhalt
Great Team, mostly really nice and appreciative people
Work-Life-Balance
1. Employees have the flexibility to choose their working hours within the core hours of 9:30 AM to 3:00 PM, which is fair.
2.Transitioning from a home office culture back to an office-centric one is the most outdated and unfriendly news to employees, especially those who never signed up for this change. What about those with families, kids, or pets to care for? Or those who started new hobbies thanks to reduced commute times? Now, some employees even have to commute from other cities.
3. Officially, overtime isn't paid, and employees are required to work up to 16 hours per month without compensation—this isn't ideal. However, team leads usually handle this fairly, allowing most people to balance overtime within the same or following week.
4. Vacation planning has become restrictive, with employees now needing to schedule part of their time off by June and use 10 days before June or July. This limits flexibility for those who prefer taking holidays in the second half of the year, although individual arrangements might still be possible.
5. Workation is possible worldwide (nice!) but only once a year and up to 4 weeks – this could be a bit more flexible.
Vorgesetztenverhalten
1. The leadership team is quite young, which often results in inexperience and a lack of strong psychological team management skills.
2. Depending on the individual and the level of pressure, leadership can range from being very fair to destructive and demotivating.
Interessante Aufgaben
Depends on whos favor you are in and in which drawer you were put in
Umgang mit älteren Kollegen
We are all pretty young :)
Arbeitsbedingungen
1. Whenever you need something reasonable (hardware to work better for example or office furniture) it is followed up quickly and with no complications.
2. The offices have terrasses and really aesthetically pleasing conference rooms.
3. Adjustable tables are standard, the good ergonomic chairs are only reserved for fixed desks
4. The offices themselves feel a bit dry and cold though.
Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein
If we don't get to fly we do it for the pricing not the environment. I would say AF is neutral in regards to social and environmental consciousness
Gehalt/Sozialleistungen
1. The salary is too low for Seniors and Teamleads (under marketstandards) and the ranges are immensly wide.
2. There has been an instance where salaries were paid a few days late, even extending into the next month, such as over Christmas, due to someone forgetting to confirm the payments. This is unprofessional for a company of this size.