Scale-up with great culture and team
Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich
Young, engaged and supportive team, great off-site events where we can network and connect with colleagues from around the world, very international atmosphere, regardless in which city / country you live; many possibilities to bring in your ideas, thoughts and suggestions for improvement. If you are motivated, you can bring forward a lot of internal projects and initiatives.
Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich
There is a certain pressure of always performing since we are still a scale-up which can be stressful at times.
Verbesserungsvorschläge
Keep on improving and taking the employee feedback seriously. This helps to build our trust and buy-in to parcelLab. Also, I would suggest to improve feedback cycles within teams and across teams (360-degree feedback), so people can really improve their work.
Arbeitsatmosphäre
The atmosphere is super relaxed, open-minded and everyone can reach out to anyone in the company. I think this is one of the great advantages of working at parcelLab.
Kommunikation
This is something that can be improved with regards to transparency from higher management. However, this has been addressed many times and I feel like the managers have heard this critique and try to improve it. So, I have seen a lot of positive progress with regards to open and transparent communication from management.
Kollegenzusammenhalt
Definitely great team work. Whenever you ask for help, someone will help you. Of course, since we are mostly working remotely, the help is going a lot through digital channels, but if you are fine with a-synchronous work, you will always find a helping hand. This is something I value very much of working at parcelLab.
Work-Life-Balance
As we do not track our working hours, we are of course responsible ourselves to also track this and discuss with our team managers if it gets too much. There are peak times where it gets intense, but overall I would say I can balance my working and private life very well. Especially since we have flexible working hours. So, as long as you do your work and attend meetings where you're required, you can structure your working day as you wish. Whether you have to pick up children, have a doctor's appointment or just want to go for a walk during lunch time - all of this is usually possible without any problems.
Vorgesetztenverhalten
Looking at it today, this has improved a lot in the past few months. I still think managers could receive more training in regards to people skills and being a good leader, but overall there is an attempt at getting the right people for the leading positions as parcelLab recognizes this has a high impact on whether employees are staying or not.
Interessante Aufgaben
Since we are still a growing startup, the work I do today already changed compared to what I did one or two years ago. I still learn something new every day and still have the feeling there is more to come. So far, I did not get bored doing my weekly tasks. This is my overall feeling, of course there are also tasks you do not enjoy doing or that are repetitive. But that is not the majority of the work I do.
Gehalt/Sozialleistungen
Can't complain
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Usually we receive a positive feedback from customers / clients with regards to our product, team and services. Outside of the eCommerce sector, the company is not very known.
Karriere/Weiterbildung
There are options to progress your career and efforts to have a more structured performance review + growth process. The career opportunities are of course limited compared to a large enterprise. The training could still be a bit more fostered and supported if people ask for it.