The old spirit is long gone and the new way will lead into failure
Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich
Great people and good products.
Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich
Top-down-communication, upper management without clear ideas, close to no career opportunities and poor salaries.
Verbesserungsvorschläge
Put some clear goals for the company in place, develop new products, set up realistic goals and explain to the investor why their expectations are against what can be possibly achieved in the near future.
Arbeitsatmosphäre
Nowadays communication is not open anymore, people talk behind other people's backs for their own advantage. The former credo "no politics" has been buried the day the investor joined the party.
Kommunikation
In my opinion there is no clear company goal anymore, for the employees there is nothing to strive for regarding the future. Management decisions are not explained well. There seems to be an invisible line between upper management and the people on the base.
Kollegenzusammenhalt
The team at ProGlove is a reason to work here. Not only they do support each other on a daily basis, they also love to do things together in their spare time, e.g. sports, hikes or skiing trips. The colleagues are amazing!
Work-Life-Balance
Depends on your manager and your department. I heard about sales people traveling to a kickoff on a Sunday during their spare time, even though the meeting was internal. The daily tasks are manageable, but micromanagement is getting more and more a thing here, too, unfortunately.
Vorgesetztenverhalten
It really depends on your manager - there are extremely capable ones and some who cannot take criticism and at the same time take it personally. Be careful to whom you are speaking about what.
Interessante Aufgaben
It is okay in my opinion, as there is basically one product in different ranges, there is not too much variety on that side, on the other hand the customers are all different.
Gleichberechtigung
Cannot say anything bad here and never experienced any unequal treatment.
Umgang mit älteren Kollegen
There is not too many of them, but those who work here seem happy.
Arbeitsbedingungen
The office in Munich is spacious, but at the same time very noisy. If you like to work quietly and concentrated, do it at home. The issue here: The company (or at least some of the upper management people) force the employees to return to the office at least half of the week. That causes more problems, e.g. regarding the stability of the office WiFi (there is no excuse in 2024 why this is not working) and for some people long transit times to work.
Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein
The company got some initiatives for recycling and other ESG topics running, so this is taken very seriously.
Gehalt/Sozialleistungen
Overall, the salaries at ProGlove are very low. In addition to that, there is always a base and a total salary, the split depends on your department and your personal negotiation skills. Every year, the management puts some company goals into place and you need to obtain them to reach your bonus. Unfortunately, it is because of the investor (as I imagine) that the goals are way too high and a lot of people (especially in Sales) are far from their total salary. This counts as standard at ProGlove.
In addition to that, salary increases are calculated against a self-invented benchmark, the chance of getting some adjustment for inflation are close to zero.
Image
The customers do like the products, the story and the people behind it. The image is good.
Karriere/Weiterbildung
Poor career chances, if you are not going along with the opinion of the right managers. Promotions are handled very intransparent, in the end some people promise you things they are not in charge of to decide, please do not let you bait by that.