Pros
+ generous employee discount on the product + multiple employee growth opportunities, either horizontal or vertical + trainings + good leadership and communication trainings, especially for first-time managers e.g. 1:1 sessions with a coach + unified performance review process with clear expectations + HR are doing an amazing job at training managers, listening to employees and supporting every one with their day-to-day. For example they have open hours to help non-German speaking employees with their administrative papers. + company parties twice a year + international company with many diverse nationalities represented + nice area in Prenzlauer Berg with plenty to eat + scholarships for female university students in an attempt to increase diversity + good kitchens in the office everywhere + Friday Beers + Geek Fridays where there's 1 hour presentation on various topics
Kontras
- not enough diversity based on age and gender (almost no old people, and departments are clearly genred e.g. Marketing with mostly females and Tech with mostly males, top managers are mostly white males). No real effort is made to change that and there is no transparency on the promotion rates between genres - many directors and senior directors (sometimes even VPs) have been hired or promoted without respecting the performance criteria, leading to having incompetent people in place (mostly white european men). As a result, the VP or C-level don't trust them and micro-manage all the teams. Therefore there is no ownership nor freedom for the squad leads and the directors to lead their teams. The squad lead becomes an executor with no possibility to innovate and needing 4 hierarchy approvals before starting a project - the culture is unfriendly and overcontrolling: employees have to log their working time on Slack at all time, even when they are 5 minutes away. People don't say hi to each other even when they work together. Employees are 'gently reminded' to put their agenda public so that their manager can check what they do at all times and private chats are strongly discouraged. There is no solidarity and top managers are taking credit for what others do without rewarding their own teams. It's also very common to encounter aggressive emails/meetings where people are blamed and/or continuously interrupted. Many people are fired on the last day of their probation time without any heads-up, they are simply ask to pack their stuff at lunch time when every one is out. - overcommunication is one of the core values, so you can expect hundreds of emails in your inbox with little to no relevant information for you. - the office is a huge open space with 200 people. There is a lot of light and a lot of noise. Not enough meeting rooms and no privacy.
