Great place to get experience — but keep eyes wide open
Arbeitsatmosphäre
In general high-quality people, which makes it a fun place to work, at least for a while. No shouting. You can do nice things if you want. Kind of the minimum for a company that otherwise holds itself to high standards.
Kommunikation
Company is very transparent but communication also leaves a lot to be desired — very little follow up from leadership; never saw the chief executive in person. Inspiring speeches often left us laughing.
Kollegenzusammenhalt
High sense of camaraderie between many teams. Then again others are highly political and difficult to work with.
Work-Life-Balance
Leaders will call late at night;
Work load can easily mean weekends are needed to stay ahead; little to no quid pro quo; zero comp days, bonus scheme was laughable
Vorgesetztenverhalten
Very top heavy with chief executive + 4 mds when I worked there. You’d think it means better governance — and compared to a normal startup it probably does have a more mature culture. But the senior leaders all have their blind spots and feels like they are competing with each other instead of creating a spirit of collaboration. Didn’t see any of them as role models and had interactions with 3 that made me want to leave the company. Not a safe feedback culture. Zero space to talk openly about shortcomings without fear of reprisal.
Interessante Aufgaben
Very fun to work with private equity industry, which is quite opaque in general. Workload and lack of priorities can at times kill the fun. Also rivalry between some teams is a downer.
Gleichberechtigung
Can feel like half the company is from the same few neighborhoods in Hamburg and Munich :) Very few openly gay colleagues. Little to no senior colleagues of color. Leadership team is firmly white men. The diversity topic was never mentioned publicly by any one with power as far as I remember. Seems like the company is trying to do the bare minimum to seem hip/ not embarrass itself.
Umgang mit älteren Kollegen
Difficult to say. It’s a young company in many senses.
Arbeitsbedingungen
Office was not up to par for a company of Moonfare’s caliber. Pretty relaxed about remote work. Not amazing, not terrible.
Gehalt/Sozialleistungen
Given that it’s a high growth company in the asset management industry, the pay and benefits are nowhere near what they could be. Beware the equity story they tell you when they negotiate comp.
Salary is paid on time and there is a modest growth budget.
Image
Probably standard. Externally image seems very polished. Internally much of the staff is dissatisfied and looking for other opportunities.
Karriere/Weiterbildung
Little to no career ladder for high performers. Good place to stop by and gather experience.