A stepping stone towards another direction...
Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich
It was a good stepping stone in the direction of HR.
Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich
The current locals in leadership roles -- granted not for their knowledge, but rather for their vitamin B connections. Shameful and deplorable.
Verbesserungsvorschläge
Some should look into being replaced -- very biased and play favouritism to a large extent.
Arbeitsatmosphäre
It was difficult to work there, as all aspects would be discussed about you, whether it be personal or not ie. you couldn't take annual leave without saying where you were going for holidays, and so this created a sense of secrecy/necessity to divulge everything..
Kommunikation
Daily stand-up (morning) meetings in which basically everything would be discussed -- from business appointments, to private life (!!) this was called the 'TT' = team talk.
Kollegenzusammenhalt
There were definitely groups happening, secret loyalties being held for certain people.
Work-Life-Balance
On a light note, there wasn't so much work to be done -- so the work-life-balance was good! Although in your lunchbreak you were expected to reroute the desk phone to your cell and answer it (even in the lunchbreak).
Vorgesetztenverhalten
Perhaps the worst aspect -- a not so pleasant human being in my opinion, with a very loud mouth, no filter and a style of belittling people. One was either brown-nosing to her and laughing at her every comment, or else you would soon be secluded and placed in a corner -- literally. Just writing this review sends shivers down my spine as I look back! .. there was rather another soft personality and allowed one to rule the place with their particular wicked nature -- which they themselves obviously did (the staff turnover speaks volumes).
Interessante Aufgaben
Very repetitive, somewhat monotonous and analog.
Gleichberechtigung
You were either a local, or not. Interpret that as you will.
Umgang mit älteren Kollegen
There weren't any older colleagues, the place was basically run by children (everyone was under 35yrs of age, except the actual general manager).
Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein
The colleagues used their company cars to drive 500m to the local supermarket to get ice creams etc so no, the company was not very environmentally friendly at all.. (just one of many examples I can name!)
Gehalt/Sozialleistungen
More than usual for this sector of work.
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The actual customers couldn't stand the employees either, because the contact persons on the customer side were significantly mature and tertiary educated, whereby the actual contact persons within First OSM were (as previously stated) well under 35 years and hence very immature at most times.
Karriere/Weiterbildung
No real chance to further develop oneself -- I personally am already tertiary educated, which didn't sit too favourably with all the other youngins.