67 Mitarbeiter haben diesen Arbeitgeber mit durchschnittlich 3,1 Punkten auf einer Skala von 1 bis 5 bewertet.
31 Mitarbeiter haben den Arbeitgeber in ihren Bewertungen weiterempfohlen. Der Arbeitgeber wurde in 35 Bewertungen nicht weiterempfohlen.
Alle Bewertungen durchlaufen den gleichen Prüfprozess - egal, ob sie positiv oder negativ sind. Im Zweifel werden Bewertende gebeten, einen Nachweis über ihr Arbeitsverhältnis zu erbringen.
Ideal for beginners and hopefully soon to be appealing to experienced professionals as well. Synology has excellent product with a promising future and significant potential. Initiative and skills are valued and can lead to exciting projects and attractive career opportunities.
There are still a few negative influences in management, and some teams attempt to tarnish the company's reputation. The company needs to address these issues.
Additional improvements include:
1. Offering more attractive conditions for high performers.
2. Reducing reliance on the Taiwanese headquarters.
3. Conducting more department-specific satisfaction surveys.
4. Introduce professional tools, reduce manual work, spreadsheets and such.
1. Continue the good work; no one said it would be easy. Positive changes in the HR and German team are appreciated.
2. Conduct department-specific surveys to gauge members' satisfaction with their leaders.
3. Increase the gap between high performers and low performers to create a special force team!
The work environment has been quite negative recently, but it has been improving since the change in the HR Director and the introduction of new initiatives by top management and the Managing Director. However, some negativity remains and will take time to address. Some dissatisfied employees in a specific department are using Kununu to portray a negative image both internally and externally. This behavior may stem from a mix of management style and their own attitudes, skills, and experiences, causing them to blame others to deflect attention from their own shortcomings.
The brand image is excellent and is the primary reason for the product's success and popularity among customers and partners and achieved sales results.
One star deducted for the absence of a home office. However, without that consideration, the work-life balance is excellent. Employees take significant time during work hours to prepare and enjoy breakfast, and there are long breaks for smoking and lunch. Low performers—often the same individuals who voice complaints on Kununu—seem to have nothing to lose, finding creative excuses for not meeting their goals.
Opportunities are available, but the training provided focuses more on enhancing necessary skills rather than improving employees' CVs. This highlights the clear disconnect between the company's needs for skills and employees' desire for strong CVs, resulting in frustration on the employee's site.
Initial adjustments have been made. However, the gap between low performers and high performers has narrowed, which may discourage high performers from going the extra mile. It’s crucial for the company to align salaries with industry standards, set higher expectations for new hires, and provide opportunities for high performers to earn more for their extra efforts and not leave.
No complaints.
It's good, there's nothing to complain about. This was and still is the best part of working at Synology.
Everything is fine.
Most managers are doing their best at both top and team management levels. However, as noted earlier, members of one specific department are unhappy but haven't voiced their concerns to the managing director. Review bombing on Kununu won’t lead to improvements. Nonetheless, recent changes in the team offer hope that this issue will resolve over time.
Working conditions are getting better. While some processes may take longer and nothing is perfect—no company is, after all—there have been positive changes. The chairs have been replaced, the office has been remodeled, and decoration is currently underway. However, it still feels quite cold and sterile. We'll see how it looks once everything is completed.
Communication from the managing director and top management has improved. While some information may occasionally get lost at the team management level, this tends to be more of an exception or individual oversight rather than a reflection of company policy.
Everyone is equal.
There are plenty of interesting tasks and projects available, but they require:
1. Willingness and proactivity
2. Capability
Those who complain about the lack of engaging tasks often lack one or both of these qualities, yet they excel at voicing their frustrations on Kununu and blaming others.
The working atmosphere is good in most parts of the company, and I speak for almost all teams. People talk openly with each other about everything going on, but something has crystallized here—a growing hate agenda against the employer. If someone complains here, it's usually those who are criticized within the company or who constantly complain about how bad the employer is, yet never voice their concerns officially. If things are so bad at the company, why are you always at the front of the line for company gifts or buffets? Why do you speak to managers without offering any criticism, laughing with them, but then rush to Kununu to complain? Why have you worked for the employer for years and criticise if you know there have been more positive changes than ever before?
It doesn't even have to be the new top management—think about it. You still have the opportunity to voice your concerns internally, but you don't. Think about it. Your whining is unbearable. Imagine being an adult and seeing a review titled "Improving" and then writing one titled "Not Improving." I still laugh at how ridiculous that is. Perfect!
No mobile work? Cry about it. We get feedback every month from the top management that mobile work isn't coming back. It's not a pleasant thing, but many large tech companies are in the same boat. Do I like it? No. Do I have to cry about it every week? No. The people who complain the most are those who run home straight away at 3 p.m., despite the flexitime system, which could be criticized too. The fact is, many people abused mobile work to watch films, play games, etc. The worst part is, these are the same people who are complaining. I love how it's always the dodgy characters who have the most criticism. If you quit, the employer is dodging a bullet. But you don't quit—you stay another two years, then leave, realize you can't coast at your new job, and then realize how good you had it before. Honestly, taking away mobile work is one of the stupidest things the company has done, but the criticism on Kununu isn't justified to the extent that people who don’t even work at home make it out to be. The benefits of mobile work, like better planning for accepting deliveries, saving commuting time, and transitioning faster to private life after work, should be the main advantages. (1/3)
Here I only give 5 stars because I mainly surround myself with competent people who work hard every day. People who are in the same boat and who don't let you down, with whom you can laugh, celebrate and chat. In that sense, the Chihuahua and freeloaders agenda also works against us employees, because competent future colleagues are put off by unfair reviews. Also very important here, if you give 1 to 2 stars and argue well and have thought about it and preferably no longer work here, go for it. There are really strong criticisms of the company that can be found in some reviews, but I haven't seen them for a long time.
This one is also pretty funny. The behavior of supervisors obviously varies from team to team. But I know what the hypocrites are getting at—they're questioning the competence of the managers. It's no secret internally that all managers need leadership training to improve their management skills (they know this themselves, and hopefully, the criticism has been received). But the competence of the top management is also criticized.
You can think what you want about their management style, but as a newcomer, or someone who's working at their first job with zero management experience, you don’t have the expertise to label the management as incompetent or unworthy. Due to the relaxed management style, some employees have developed egos that are truly unbelievable. Get off your high horse. Feel free to reflect on yourself, and if necessary, question the comments you're making.
Communication has improved in fact, I get all questions to my manager answered, even when I go to other managers and we also have a bi-weekly meeting every two weeks. You can also go to the top management's office on the side.
There are many legitimate points of criticism with this employer. But there's no fair assessment happening here—there's an agenda, where people who can't speak up for even a minute in the company are writing the reviews.
Please read through every review and sense the incompetence in comments like, "What's the only good thing about this employer? The fruit basket, the fridge." It might be funny to the author, but to me, it's just sad. Imagine being an adult and writing such reviews as an employee or applicant.
In addition to the Chihuahuas, we also have freeloaders with pseudo-competence. Listen, just because you think you deserve something or have expertise doesn’t make it true. We definitely have a double-digit number of freeloaders on our two floors who love to take advantage. You're not a professional, you're not as competent as you think you are, and you're unprofessional if you act all polished at work but then go on Kununu to play nasty.
(Work-life-balance) —not ignoring your colleagues' messages for 40 minutes or taking an extra day off. Chihuahuas and freeloaders. (2/3)
A difficult point, there are two possibilities here:
Firstly, it's good that you arrive early and leave at around 3pm (even earlier on Fridays) because you have the opportunity to have more of a private day (especially good for families with children).
Or secondly, it's good because you want to leave work as early as possible.
These two options are quite different but show that you have the opportunity to develop a good work-life balance.
Why do I give 3 stars and not 5? I have said goodbye to the idea of working from home. Because I'm not a child, I don't have to ask about it every month. What I would like, however, would be no or shorter core working hours. I wouldn't always benefit from this, but sometimes it would improve my work-life balance. For the sceptics, you can also introduce internal company rules that ensure that meetings and information must be adhered to and feedback given. The biggest concern about abolishing core working hours is that an employee is suddenly no longer in the office at 12 noon. Which is understandable. (3/3)
New chairs to be celebrated, really? This is standard in every professional company. There are still problems everybody who works at Syno knows about:
- new Office, less room for more people, just one smaller kitchen and less toillets
- Bad noise reduction, very loud and uncomfortable new office, no air conditioner, too hot during summertime, 7th floor
- Maximum average salary, new bonus system which targets at first try where not achieved, so they invented a new promo, but in the end it will just compensate what you could not get
- Too much reporting, every data has to be filled in multiple sheets, again and again
- No Home Office
No mobile work
Good, but decreasing
Top down management, not understanding how to solve the problems, just Meetings and Meetings with no focus
Still very bad
Micromanagement, more and more reporting, no focus on revenue and development, more and more Excel files, no modern crm
The working atmosphere is good. Talks can be held with everyone within the company and there are no closed doors if one is willing to discuss any given topic within respectful boundaries.
In my opinion the brand is really good.
The only downer is that there is just potential to make a really good brand an excellent one with the right courageous steps.
This is quite a polarised topic within the company as can be seen in the discussions and stated points in prior ratings. Repeating them would be redundant.
One counterpoint which is lacking in many ratings however is the general flexibility of working times and the responsible managers. In general it's possible to find a solution for most actual issues in this area.
Nevertheless: Mobile work in some way or form would definitely be a win for the company as a whole and the members.
It's possible to learn a lot here if one is willing to do it. But it requires taking the initiative since the local subsidiary has at least for now not all the means to develop a sustainable structure for itself.
This one of the key pillars of the company for me. In general I think it's pretty rare to have such a good, harmonic and friendly group of very diverse people. This should be appreciated and celebrated.
In general it's good on a per-person base.
My opinion is, that the issues arise within the interplay of different management styles but like pointed out on the communications part of this rating it is improving since communications got more open and sincere.
Improved a lot! New furniture and chairs replaced the prior - not good - situation.
One point where I think a sustainable solution has yet to be found is the lacking A/C in most rooms.
Has improved a lot in recent times and the general direction is good.
Improved in the last year. But I think the real stress test will come with the first performance based adjustments at the end of the year after the general adjustments of the last year.
The colleagues, almost exclusively. The product is mildly interesting but the quality is not very impressive, and if you thrive for excellence, at some point you will be disappointed.
Foreign company trying to force its ways into the german job market. This may work in Taiwan but it certainly does not work in Germany. Change!
Behave more like a european company and less like a foreign business. You are in Germany. If you want to sell to Europeans and cash out in Euros you need to adapt to the market as well. You cannot have it your way on all aspects.
On your first year you maybe go happy to work, eager to start your day and meet the colleagues. After some months of repetitive work, low motivation and very few development possibilities, especially in the career/salary aspect, you start to grow tired and cynical. This is a generalized phenomenon.
Have to agree to all previous ratings… Outside, the company seems to have an OK image with distributors and customers, inside, on the other hand, is very cynical and demotivating.
Some departments complain of being overworked, at least in some departments you really can do a 7-to-3 or 9-to-5 and disappear for the rest of the day. Points subtracted due to lack of home office. Absolutely stupid decision in 2024. Not possible to organize a day at home, therefore work/life balance is very bad in this regard.
It is possible to learn a bit from the job, or get some minimal trainings, but the budget is very low and the company focuses on “learn on the job” even if it takes longer and you don’t really formally “learn” in the right way, instead of providing good trainings that would improve the work efficiency immensely.
Probably the absolutely worst point. VERY far from the branch. It is not unheard of that colleagues leave for the same position in other company and get a higher salary as their manager, or colleagues that double their salary from just a company change. Absolutely catastrophic. I heard it changed a bit in the last year.
The conditions in the office are ok, but you know what would improve the ecological and social standpoint? HOME OFFICE.
Probably the only thing holding the german branch together. Most colleagues stay because of the colleagues, and it is not uncommon to see waves of friends going away all together.
If you are lucky, you get a Manager with great mentoring qualities and you can learn a lot. If you’re not lucky, you might get a tyrant with absolutely no idea of people managing, bad decision-making and irrational behavior, such as contradicting himself, blaming others, etc.
Not really the best, the hardware provided is outdated, chairs are not ergonomic and very cheap, a lot of colleagues had back issues. It is one thing to “spare”, another is to be “cheap” and almost criminally cheap.
Within a departament it generally runs well, with other departments sometimes difficult, and to the headquarters in Taiwan is absolutely catastrophic.
Probably the only other positive point.
Depending on the department, you might learn an interesting thing or two. After two years it gets really difficult to want to stay longer.
kostenloser Parkplatz
Alles andere, insbesondere die Kommunikation und das Vorgesetztenverhalten
Mitarbeiter ernst nehmen und nicht wie eine Nummer behandeln
Sehr negative Stimmung, jeder Arbeitsschritt wird kontrolliert (Micromanagement), viele leere Versprechungen
Noch relativ gut obwohl hier stets auf veraltete Hardware gesetzt wird
kein Flexibilität, kein Homeoffice, Überstunden werden erwartet
keinerlei Weiterenticklungsmöglichkeiten
Gehen nicht auf die Mitarbeiter ein, versuchen einen stattdessen mit billigen Motivationssprüchen hinzuhalten
Durch die neue Umstrukturierung fühlt man sich wie auf einem Bahnhofvorplatz oder einem in die Jahre gekommenen Call Center, nur bestimmte Mitarbeiter erhalten Höhenverstellbare Tische
Katastrophe sowohl intern als auch extern mit dem Headquarter
Unterm Branchen Durchschnitt, hier wird immer versprochen in 2 Jahren wird man plötzlich überdurchschnitttlich verdienen
Vorgesetzte werden bevorzugt behandelt
Tägliche Pflege von zahlreichen Excellisten, eigene Herangehensweisen oder Verbesseungsvorschläge werden nicht tolleriert
Da fällt mir nicht mehr viel ein
100% Office, schlechte Arbeitsbedingungen, Bezahlung, extreme Zielvorgaben, die Personalabteilung traut sich nicht mehr hier Stellung zu nehmen
Sehr schlecht, durch einige Änderungen ist die Motivation stark gesunken
100% Office, ohne Überstunden können viele ToDo's nicht erledigt werden
Eines der wenigen Highlights, falls noch genug da bleiben
Sinnlose Änderungen, Ideen und Meinungen der Mitarbeiter zählen nicht
Eines IT Unternehmens nicht würdig, Großraumbüro, laut, wenige Meeting Räume, 7. Etage, kein Klima, im Sommer extrem warm, überfällige Bestellung neuer Stühle wird als Highlight gefeiert
Top-Down Management, Mitarbeiter werden in Entscheidungen nicht mit einbezogen, Ergebnisse von Pseudo Befragungen werden nicht berücksichtigt
Unterhalb des IT Durchschnittes, durch neues Bonus System wird es noch weniger
War mal interessant, immer mehr Mikro Management
Team Events wie Lasertag.
Fragwürdige Entscheidungen hinterfragen und Meinungen der Belegschaft einholen! Gutes Beispiel ist der Umzug. Niemand wollte diesen Umzug. Jetzt hat das größere Team kleinere Räumlichkeiten. Totales Callcenter feeling.
Der Arbeitgeber wird durch schlechte Gehälter und immer mehr Arbeitsdruck unattraktiver.
Als IT unternehmen kein Homeoffice anzubieten ist ein disaster.
Die Sorgen und Ängste von Arbeitnehmern ernst nehmen! Faire Bezahlung!
Die Arbeitsatmosphäre ist leider erdrückend. Statt auf Mitarbeiter zu hören und Kununu Bewertung erst zu nehmen, liegt der Profit über allen auf Kosten der Arbeitnehmer.
Homeoffice wurde abgeschafft.
Jetzt gibt es zumindest ein Onboarding. Andere interne Schulungen werden nicht angeboten.
Es wird Druck aufgebaut. Flache Hierarchien sind ein Fremdwort.
Hier gibt es keine Gleichberechtigung. Ein Team darf ein halbes Jahr ins Homeoffice und das andere Team kann jeden Tag zur Arbeit antanzen. Das gleiche auch bei der Ausstattung des Arbeitsplatzes.
Schlechte Kommunikation between Abteilungen und Subsidiary’s.
Unterdurchschnittlich. Es gibt nur leere Versprechungen.
Monoton.
Den Obstkorb und Wasserspender
Geschäftsführer werden alle 3 Jahre gewechselt, alle wollen Möglichst viel Verändern um kurzfristig gut da zu stehen, bevor sie wieder abgesägt werden.
Langfristige Sicht, Kommunikation verbessern z.B. einheitliche Führungskommunikation
Der neue GF hat entschieden, dass ein Großteil der Firma sich ein Großraumbüro teilen muss, Call Center Feeling
Überstunden werden gerne gesehen, werden nur teilweise gutgeschrieben z.B. werden bei bestimmten Terminen automatisch 5 Std abgezogen. Mobile Work wird von der neuen Geschäftsführung nicht gerne gesehen.
Mitarbeiter werden gegen Ihren Willen intern in andere Abteilungen geschoben, statt Ihnen langfristige Karriere Chancen aufzuzeigen
In eizelnen Teams noch ganz gut
Unterirdisch, wer nicht zu allem Ja und Armen sagt wird mit noch mehr Reportings (10te Excel Liste) und Micromanagement bestraft
Zentrale Lage in Düsseldorf, gute Anbindung, nur eine kleine Küche führ viele Mitarbeiter, Toiletten reichen nicht aus, Toilettengänge müssen getimt werden
Genaue Ziele, Wissen über Produktneuheiten und internen Änderungen werden oft sehr verspätet oder gar nicht kommuniziert
Durch eine Umstrukturierung der Zielvorgaben, keine Chance mehr auf Bonuszahlungen
Teilweise sehr abwechslungsreich
Die Produkte, die Kollegen
Großraumbüro, Office Zwang, Bezahlung, hohe Fluktuation, unrealistische KPI's
Mehr auf die Mitarbeiter Zufriedenheit achten, die hohe Fluktuation hat Gründe, vernünftige Arbeitsbedingungen schaffen, bessere Bezahlung, hybrides Arbeiten erlauben, so wie die meisten größeren Unternehmen in Deutschland es machen
Nicht vorhanden, Home Office wurde komplett abgeschafft
Trotz allem immer noch sehr gut
Unterschiedlich, von aller höchster Ebene sind in letzter Zeit nur negative Änderungen vorgenommen worden
Furchtbar, neues Großraumbüro, wie im Call Center
Wichtige Informationen erhält man verspätet oder über den Flur Funk
Unterdurchschnittlich, indirekte Lohnkürzungen durch neue Bonusregeln die nicht erreicht werden
Hier werden keine Unterschiede gemacht
Breiter Aufgabenbereich, Abwechslung ist vorhanden, aber auch vieles repetiv
So verdient kununu Geld.