"this used to be a funhouse but now its full of evil clowns" - P!nk
Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich
Team & Benefits
Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich
Manager behaviour.
Verbesserungsvorschläge
Listen to your employees, listen to their concerns, listen to their ideas, grab a book and get educated in how to lead a company. And most of all don't treat longstanding, loyal employees like your enemies. If money is more important to you than a solid foundation of trustworthy employees, your ship will sink. Sooner or later.
Arbeitsatmosphäre
The working atmosphere with the team was always fun. Everyone liked everyone else and everyone got on well together. It was a friendly and relaxed atmosphere. With the bosses, however, especially the one who was responsible for my department, it was the complete opposite. He clearly lets you know who his favourites are and who are not. If you're not, your performance is usually being ignored or belittled. No matter how hard you try.
Kommunikation
This place can't communicate.
There are no real existing workflows. Everyone just does what they think, which often leads to misunderstandings, missing information and therefore delays in work results.
When it comes to my CEO again, I am simply amazed at how people fall into the role of a leader without ever having dealt with the 1x1 of people management. You can clearly see that here. Communication was never learnt here. Approaches are pushed through, regardless of whether it fits or not. These are then overturned every few weeks. There were plenty of opportunities to address this particular problem. But nothing was changed here. I wonder to this day how the company can still exist.
Kollegenzusammenhalt
The team was the only reason for me to stay that long. We had everyones back, business and private. Always honest and open to try to change stuff that wasn't working well. I made some true friends here, which I will forever be grateful.
Work-Life-Balance
We had the opportunity to work from home, without office rules and with flexible working hours, which I really liked. I almost never had to work overtime (maybe this only applies to my specific department). On the few occasions when I did, I was able to take half a day off almost immediately.
Spontaneous holiday requests were always approved and it was never a problem if you had external appointments, e.g. with the doctor.
Vorgesetztenverhalten
I don't even know where to start. When i first started my job here it seemed my boss and I had the same visions, aims and ideas. Rather sooner than later it developed into what you call a toxic relationship these days.
I was being ignored, my suggestions, thoughts and concerns were being belittled. There were times he made me cry and doubt myself. He never failed to make me feel that I and my work were a burden for him. And what he did best was keep me guessing. Why keep me waiting and around when you clearly don't want me here? There were a few times when I discussed it with him and guess what - he promised to change... Well take a wild guess....
But it was not just me, remember when I said he has his favorites? I saw his same behavior with other colleagues, that did nothing but a good job and try to keep up with his mood swings. In the end for me his lack of respect and empathy towards his employees is what probably will kill the vibe in this company completely. To this day I am waiting for my exit interview, which was never initiated by my boss, and its for sure not my job. Its like you never existed, and keep in mind we didn't separate on bad terms, yet it feels like it.
Interessante Aufgaben
There were a lot of them. But with the lack of interest in my department and the more or less complete neglect, I was stuck at one point.
This company has a lot of development potential, you just have to listen to your employees from time to time. It's not a one-man-show.
Gleichberechtigung
Get to be a favorite or die tryin'
Arbeitsbedingungen
The office situation in Munich was not the worst but also not the best. Noise cancelling headphones were your best friend because the space was quite small. With some time we got phone booths which helped a lot.
Hardware was up to date. The lights were more for decorative purposes, but after calling it out a few times we eventually got desk lights which improved the lightning extremely.
With the new spaceous office in Barcelona, a significant improvement has been achieved here. Shoutout to HR for making it also super comfy and modern.
Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein
We had trash cans for different kinds of trash and almost a paperless office.
Social awareness was realized by supporting NGO's in their digital presence pro bono.
Gehalt/Sozialleistungen
Obviously no one taugt them "thou shalt not lie" because when I read "competitive salary" in their job advertisements they either are trying to make a joke or are just straight up lying. MAYBE it's competitive somewhere in this world. But for sure not where I live. It's below average.
About social benefits, I understand that its quite hard for a "startup" to provide such things so I give them that.
Image
Not all that glitters is gold.
Karriere/Weiterbildung
404 career not found. And about development, well I had to hope my boss was generous enough to pay for cheap udemy courses, even though in my contract it said I am given 1.500€ development budget. Never could use it.