Best place to thrive and work - you have to opt in to rules
Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich
The Lab is an intense and nice place to work. Great colleagues, lots of benefits, lots of possibilities to get involved. Working lean and agile, as far as possible due to corporate constraints.
Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich
Nothing really to complain. The office is set up for high frequent software development therefore tight schedules.
Verbesserungsvorschläge
In general for Volkswagen: Less politics. Often the focus on a great product get's lost when people fight for personal advantages (in the top management positions)
Arbeitsatmosphäre
Most colleagues like friends. Working in cross-functional balanced teams to build software products.
Kommunikation
Like in any huge corporate communications from the headquarters can take longer. If you want to stay informed all the time you have to put some effort into it to know things first.
Kollegenzusammenhalt
If you want to there are lots of possibilities to network - also doing after-work activities.
Work-Life-Balance
Work is intense and you get informed about fixed working hours. You have per week some paid free time to explore topics you are interested in. This job requires an opt into fixed working schedules.
Vorgesetztenverhalten
I have worked there for 3 years and it is the first servant leadership I have experienced. Former jobs had managers than leaders.
Interessante Aufgaben
Due to politics, it can happen that exiting product opportunities got allocated to other offices. Such is life in big corporates.
Gleichberechtigung
Inclusion and diversity programs exist and people working there are highly engaged.
Umgang mit älteren Kollegen
Senior colleagues are very valued as they know a lot of stuff.
Arbeitsbedingungen
Nice fancy office, lots of possibilities to influence if you want to get involved.
Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein
There is breakfast offered but with a meat selection, that's why I give it a 3.
Gehalt/Sozialleistungen
Very high salary standard especially for Berlin.
Image
Volkswagen had some image issues I have had experienced with friends not working there.
Karriere/Weiterbildung
Most career paths include leaving your expertise (e.g. coding) and become a classical manager.