Toxic culture and low values from the top management
Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich
There are still some great people from before the acquisition.
Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich
The company has a performance system where 10% will be evaluated as low performers with no objectivity. They will receive NO salary increase. Yearly, the low performers are informed to the C level before the "career conversation" with the employee. By the time the managers talk to the employee, the decision was already taken without any previous feedback to the employee. It is like a SENTENCE WITHOUT A TRIAL. You can see and hear frustration, low engagement, and a high level of quiet quitting. The company gave steps back to the stone age and away from agile values.
Verbesserungsvorschläge
They don't care. They send surveys and ignore the results. Then they make controlling and old manufacturing-style factory decisions invoking such surveys as an excuse.
Arbeitsatmosphäre
People are unmotivated. Employees make fun of the management's bad decisions and rumors in group chats as they will not listen.
Kommunikation
Communication between areas is a mess. A lot of dependencies between teams that nobody is willing to fix. They mention "agile" all the time and do the opposite.
Work-Life-Balance
They force you to go to 3 times per week to the office and will control you. Even if it makes no sense to you, you work with distributed teams and people from many locations.
They say this is "our ways of working", when the ways of working have been remote since covid.
Vorgesetztenverhalten
Upper Management has no leadership.
Interessante Aufgaben
Not a place to go the extra mile.
Arbeitsbedingungen
No value stream. It is mostly a feature factory with long cycle times and no agility.
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They tried to implement a company brand initiative that was a disaster. During an IT management meeting with all IT members, one person provided constructive and challenging feedback. The management got upset. Then HR nagged and asked that person to apologize. This skilled person felt humiliated and got a better job elsewhere.
Karriere/Weiterbildung
They have a punishment mindset. They will add you to the blacklist forever if you have some bad months. You are not allowed to fail. The review process is about competing with your colleagues instead of collaborating.
Gleichberechtigung
Umgang mit älteren Kollegen
Gehalt/Sozialleistungen
Arbeitgeber-Kommentar
Thank you for openly sharing your perspective with us! I appreciate your openness.
I would like to address two points in more detail:
Performance Review: Our performance evaluation process is crafted with the intention of nurturing the professional growth of our team members. Someone being evaluated as a low performer is not seen by us as a judgment but as an opportunity to further develop a colleague. We are committed to supporting our colleagues in overcoming challenges and ensuring their motivation and fulfillment. We are also continuously gathering the feedback of our employees on the performance review process, and adjusting it to better reflect the needs of diverse teams at zooplus.
Work-Life Balance: Our hybrid working model is designed in a way that both allows flexibility and work-life balance and encourages a collaborative approach. We believe in the power of working together in person, even if it's not with your direct team members. We understand that it might not fit everyone's needs. However, we establish a lot of flexibility in our ways of working and always work on improvements that make the office and home office time of our employees better.
Your feedback is very helpful for us as we are continuously working towards creating a better workplace.