Worth it in all dimensions you could think of
Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich
Excellent experience all around. Great team, challenging projects, amazing learnings.
Verbesserungsvorschläge
Adjust benefits and pay to MBB and GAFA standard.
Arbeitsatmosphäre
Tightly knit team with highly spirited colleagues in all roles and seniority levels. Motivation for advancing the success of Earlybird was present at all times and so was friendlyness and helpfulness of my coworkers.
Kommunikation
Very direct, but that's a good thing. Always respectful and with an inclination to jointly find a solution to a challenge.
Work-Life-Balance
Surprisingly good. Some peaks during key due diligence milestones but nowhere near as long hours as my previous internships in consulting and tech.
Interessante Aufgaben
Was able to work on a deal from beginning to closing. Super rewarding and interesting, although maybe a little bit lucky because I could fit the whole process into my internship time and this must not always be the case. In any case, even normal dealflow management is a diverse and educational task, no matter the additional projects one works on.
Gleichberechtigung
Always felt like I had an equal voice, but I felt that the impact you have through your performance determines this standing in such a small team - again, I found this to be just the right way for things to work, but someone coming from a corporate might find the very flat hierarchies challenging.
Arbeitsbedingungen
Excellent office with fresh fruit and free drinks, although I personally found it a bit strange that a +1bn would not provide me as an intern with a corporate laptop or at least a screen. Not too much of an issue but these kind of basics should be adjusted to market standard in my opinion.
Gehalt/Sozialleistungen
Pay was lower than all my other internships, ever. I did not mind as I got free housing in Berlin due to family there, but would be hard to live on otherwise. However, my take on it is/was that the non monetary benefits that an internship at this fund bring you beat any of the additional change that you could pocket if you were to intern at MBB etc. Still, EB should consider adjusting pay upwards to keep attracting top talent.
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Earlybird is one of the oldest, biggest and most well known European VCs and you feel this when you see the quality of dealflow. No compromise here.