How to cripple a project
Arbeitsatmosphäre
Everyone is scared due to management behaviour. There may be a reason that in the last two to three months workers council wre established (or are establishing).
Kommunikation
On paper it looks fine: Townhalls, CEO chat, Newsletter and some other channels are in place, but the question is the value of these formats and it was shown latest: it is not to communicate transparent, it is not to take care of questions people do have in mind.
What is really a mess is that Vulcan sees itself as start-up-company heading for a more concern-like structure. So every time something is not clear you get either an answer out of the start-up-toolbox or out of the concern-toolbox.
Kollegenzusammenhalt
Interestingly enough with the establishment of a department structure the team spirit inside the teas stays more or less good, the way of working between teams is now lacking of a common understanding. Everyone is blaming someone else that he or she didn't do, what was expected. So long story short: Team spirit in declining.
Work-Life-Balance
Except a few employees it is "Vertrauensarbeitszeit" without recording overtime and the official communication is that Vulcan will change this not in the near future or to be more precise: as long as the legislature doesn't force Vulcan to do so, Vulcan will not. Therefore you work 40h/week and more and it is accepted to have on afternoon off or so.
Vorgesetztenverhalten
Depending highly on the team, you're in. Some managers are really interest in developing the project and the people, but getting distorted by incomplete processes, missing budgets, missing responsibilites (and accountabilites).
Interessante Aufgaben
The idea of the project is interesting. The development and execution are lacking of an over all management system to identifiy, distribute, execute, control and close-out of things that should be done.
Gleichberechtigung
Never faced any discrimination myself, but hard fact is: only few women in manager positions (and to be honest: trend is positive here).
Umgang mit älteren Kollegen
Hard to tell, only a few experienced colleagues are there and they there treated equally. Looking at the info of this field: Vulcan is really looking for experience people.
Arbeitsbedingungen
Ordinary equipment, but unacceptable Wi-Fi. It is common in Raumfabrik to switch of your camera to have better quality of your MS teams connection.
Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein
The idea of the project implies a high level of environmental awareness.
Gehalt/Sozialleistungen
Looking, where Vulcan is and where Vulcan wants to be: Sometimes sufficient, sometimes insufficient. The real issue is: no process of a clear salary improvement is existing and even a fair salary adjustment in context of inflation compensation is missing. For some people a bonus syste is in place, for the most of the people not. And while Vulcan has so-called grades fo ever position, it is not allowed to know what grade you have and which job description applies for your position
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Impossibile to rate. I don't know what other people telling in private. What I see is a change of values Vulcan is based on. New values are climate champion, determined and inspiring. Old ones were integrity, leadership, sustainability and future-focused.
Karriere/Weiterbildung
Development budget was canceled. Development for specific people emerge out of the nowhere with no clear indication, why and how this is possible in the light of a stopped people development.
Indeed it is possible climb up the ranks, but framework for such an elevation is unclear and depends highly on your personal network.