Wasted potential by strange decision-making
Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich
- Generally young and eager workforce.
- Flexible working hours and remote work.
- Good for people fresh out of the university.
Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich
- Only 28 days of holiday. Most companies in IT offer 30 days.
- No sustainable processes in the departments/interdepartmental
Verbesserungsvorschläge
- Let the experts do what they do best and stop interfering. And do hire experts...
- Put more focus on usability - put ideas through the wringer and take a hard look at what you want to implement. Is it really user-friendly or does it just look good? Does it make sense? This will slow down the development process but the customers and the support team will probably appreciate it.
- Try to retain the associates and really listen to them. If people leave after 1-3 years, knowledge is constantly lost and that is a loss for the product.
Arbeitsatmosphäre
I experienced a lot of frustration, many people were leaving. Fast-paced environment leaving no room for efficient processes and proper quality assurance. It felt like a fight against windmills.
Kommunikation
Depends. There are regular meetings explaining company results and new developments which is a good thing. At the same time leavers were never communicated beforehand so you always got surprised by leaving messages on the last day of employment. In some cases this did not allow for proper handovers.
Kollegenzusammenhalt
I really loved my team, we had some great people in there. Everybody was always helping each other out. The same was true for some colleagues in other departments though it always depended on the person itself. Some people were not that helpful.
Work-Life-Balance
Depends on the department and how much of a workaholic you are. Some departments offer a good work-life balance - others not so much.
Vorgesetztenverhalten
I will address upper management here, not my direct supervisor. Upper management seems to want to be involved in everything. Problem is they do not have competency in all areas leading to frustration because they do not always listen to the experts they hire.
As mentioned in other reviews, favoritism is strong here. This does not actually promote the best employees but those that know how to sell themselves best. And they do seem to hire aquaintances/friends in roles they have no experience in.
Interessante Aufgaben
My work offered lots of opportunities and I loved the work in itself.
Gleichberechtigung
Older or younger people, men or women...I never saw any discrimination here.
Umgang mit älteren Kollegen
Not many older colleagues.
Arbeitsbedingungen
Too much interference by management and other stakeholders, no focus on usabiity in the product leading to some questionable design decisions and creating discontent and extra work for other departments. Too fast paced for proper end results. Constant changes in direction confuse.
Gehalt/Sozialleistungen
All the great social initiatives mentioned in the interview tempting me to start at Xentral were no longer existing once I started or discontinued shortly thereafter.
As for the salary...Let's just say the job I left Xentral for pays way more.
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Buggy product, slow responses to change requests, inconsistent development.
Karriere/Weiterbildung
Currently a training budget for online learning is available but the timeframe between announcing the initiative and implementing it was very long.
Career opportunities exist but it's undefined how you actually get promoted. There is a competency model but it's more a theoretical thing.