A lot has changed in the last two years, but not for the better. Hire and fire mentality.
Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich
You have a lot of freedom
Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich
Only negativity in recent months, especially from Bulgaria
Bulgarian work colleagues are allowed to do what they want
Bulgarian colleagues make life difficult with their mentality of constantly complaining about everything
People are fired again and again due to bad planning
I am not writing this to make the company look bad, but to express criticism that will eventually be recognised.
If I hear from my former colleagues in the future that the situation has improved, I will adjust my assessment accordingly.
Because I really like the product and my former work colleagues from Germany and would like to support them with my review
Verbesserungsvorschläge
Invest more in further training, especially for managers.
Invest less in Bulgaria, the quality has declined in recent years as a result. If possible, I would bring the developers from Bulgaria, but build up the entire teams in Germany, as most of the customers are German-speaking.
Finally get rid of the negative people from Bulgaria who get away with everything, this leads to resentment towards the colleagues from Germany who give everything for the company.
Praise your employees more, especially the managers should express more positive criticism
Statements like "your jobs were never safe" after several cancellations in the company meeting shows how little empathy the management has.
Arbeitsatmosphäre
They pretend to be a family, but does your family fire you? Many are currently considering leaving the sinking ship. Many also realise that the direction is towards Bulgaria. And the culture in Bulgaria is sobering, people in Bulgaria look down on you a lot. You have to be lucky enough to be Bulgarian yourself, only then are the privileges open to you.
What I have noticed is that people like to find someone to blame. There is no positive news. Criticism is often voiced and now predominates.
What I particularly notice is that the employees from Bulgaria are very slow and lazy. If you ask them something, they need several days to answer or they don't answer you at all.
If work comes their way that they don't like, they complain to higher instances and like to escalate things quickly.
Kommunikation
One of the biggest problems is communication. Almost all large projects are chaotic, most of them have to take the blame for the mistakes of the product owners and the sales team due to a lack of communication.
Oh well, don't be surprised, the negative news is only voiced by Bulgarians, they don't know any positivity.
Kollegenzusammenhalt
In the German office, people generally stick together, but some people like to stab you in the back. In Bulgaria, people stick together very strongly. However, it doesn't work, as your colleagues from Bulgaria are constantly complaining about their German colleagues for nothing. You are not allowed to criticise them, otherwise you will become a target
Work-Life-Balance
It's OK, if you do your job, everything's fine.
Vorgesetztenverhalten
It depends on who your line manager is. From my point of view, I can say that there is no competence. The person lacks empathy and the ability to deal with employees.
Interessante Aufgaben
Sometimes there are interesting tasks, but as a rule it's always the same:
- Customers escalate
- Exchange with the PO
- PO makes promises
- Customer gets angry because the promise was not kept and has to be put off
- The last step is to find someone to blame from PO side
Gleichberechtigung
The Bulgarian colleagues are favoured. Their work ethic is minimal. Criticism of Bulgarian colleagues is not allowed. And if it is, it never ends up on their desks. It is therefore questionable why the management tolerates this.
Umgang mit älteren Kollegen
I can't say, as we are quite young
Arbeitsbedingungen
The office is beautiful and easy to reach by tram.
We mainly use Macbooks.
Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein
Does not exist
Gehalt/Sozialleistungen
It depends on how you negotiated, wage increases were around 5% this year
At least something, it felt like candy
Image
It depends on which customer, I would say 50 50.
As a rule, there are also customers who are very demanding. But that's not the fault of the whole team
Karriere/Weiterbildung
They offer nothing.
- No onboarding
- No training
What you learn:
- Survive or you get fired
Arbeitgeber-Kommentar
Dear former TIMIFYer,
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We're genuinely sorry to hear about your experience and appreciate your honesty. Your insights are appreciated as we strive to improve our company.
We want to assure you that we are committed to fostering a positive work environment for all our employees, regardless of location as stated in our value together. Your comments about the dynamics between our teams in Germany and Bulgaria are concerning, and as this topic has not been raised with us so far, we will be particularly paying attention to this topic in the upcoming half-year reviews.
We understand that communication and training are areas where we can improve. We are constantly looking for new ideas to ensure better support and development for all our employees. We also recognize the importance of positive reinforcement and are working on ways to celebrate our team's successes more effectively.
As I understand from your review, you are no longer working for TIMIFY. Still, we would like to get a better understanding of your situation in order to draw conclusions and commonly find ways to work on these. So that’s why I invite you to reach out to me via Linkedin or via my company email so we can discuss your experiences further.
Thank you again for your candid review and for helping us on our journey to create a better workplace.
Best regards,
Lukas, People & Culture Manager