Great Colleagues, outdated practices.
Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich
Dogs are allowed (everyone loves dogs)
Colleagues on lower positions help eachother
Taking vacation and half days off is easy
Homeoffice is really really limited, but allowed. People often forget, that companys DONT have to offer homeoffice. So its nice of them to do that.
Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich
The Salary is very low.
A lot of politics within the company. If you dont agree with your supervisor you might get fired.
Still feels like hire and fire instead of training people. If you hire people without any experience in gaming, you have to train them.
Verbesserungsvorschläge
Increase the salary to be atleast on the industry standard.
Start trusting your employees more.
HR should talk more with the employees. A lot of complains about supervisors and their decisions inside the teams that nobody ever hears of. People wont come directly to the HR, they are often scared.
Take feedback more seriously. A lot of people give up about giving feedback since nothing ever changes.
Coach and train everyone. People are often hired and expected to learn everything within some weeks without any documentation or training from supervisors.
Arbeitsatmosphäre
I barely ever got feedback related to my work. There isnt an easy way to find out if you are doing the correct thing. A lot of people are scared for their jobs and prefer to just say nothing and dont ask questions.
Kommunikation
Highly depends on the department and the supervisor. Some departments manage to communicate in a timly manner. Some dont. Often you find out about things via casual talking while smoking.
Kollegenzusammenhalt
The main thing keeping everything together. The teams themselfes try to help eachother as much as possible. You have to be careful sometimes tho.
Work-Life-Balance
I never had any problems taking last minute days off. Unfortunately you often have to work late hours due to different timezones. If you want to be productive you often have to do those late hours. Else you might miss conversations with US based people.
Vorgesetztenverhalten
Goals are often set in dimensions that dont make sense. A lot of "goals" and "suggestions" from supervisors seem outdated and not on the normal gaming industry level. Feedback mostly gets ignored.
Interessante Aufgaben
No comment. I think this highly depends on your job and if you search for more work.
Gleichberechtigung
There arent many women in leading positions.
But a lot of different people from all around the world with different ethics work here closely together.
Umgang mit älteren Kollegen
Older colleagues always got treated fairly. Atleast i never heared about something negativ.
Arbeitsbedingungen
The computers are heavily outdated. Sometimes they dont even run the games you are working on.
During summer depening on where your room is, you might get grilled. It gets really really hot in the rooms. Combinding no air cooler with 6-10 PCs running in 1 room makes it really really hot.
Gehalt/Sozialleistungen
Salary is way below industry standard. Adding some money to the HVV ticket is not changing this. Promotions often end in more responsiblities but not in more money.
Image
A lot of people atleast in the lower positions talks negatively about the company. Public image is also heavily damaged by past decisions. But i feel like it is improving in the last 2 years.
Karriere/Weiterbildung
You can ask for a new position or new opportunities. The main thing lacking here are people that are actually able to teach you things and make sure you improve.