Dynatrace 

Austria

Bewertungen

Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich

Professional attitude and work style.
Excellent feedback culture.

Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich

Intransparent politics. But that happens to every company of a certain size.

Verbesserungsvorschläge

Improve top-down communication. We are all well-educated adults - there is no reason to beat around the bush.

Arbeitsatmosphäre

The working style is very cooperative. In my department, no one is left alone: if you need help, ask for it and you will get it.
There is also enough time and room for fun - even if the workload is considerably high.

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Very high in the IT industry. Less known anywhere else.

Work-Life-Balance

I enjoy the very flexible time planning. You can choose between 2 days/week in the office without a reserved seat or 4 days /week with a dedicated seat. Fully remote is also possible in some positions. This allows me to arrange my work-from-home days and plan my child care accordingly.
The defined core time is like in most IT companies. And you can agree on exceptions with your team and/or manager.

Karriere/Weiterbildung

Dynatrace encourages me to do self-managed learning. There is some support if you get a new role, but this could be improved.
In RnD, there are some opportunities to attend conferences, but not too many.

Gehalt/Benefits

There is always room for improvement. You may qualify for an annual bonus and/or stock incentives depending on your position and grade.
The monthly salary AND the bonus is a very nice annual salary.

Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein

We have seen some cultural clashes in the past year. US-like terminations are a misfit to what (younger) Austrian employees expect. I see this slightly improving and put my hopes into the recently founded works council.

Dynatrace supports voluntary work, including in the area of ​​environmental protection. Additionally, you can get the Klimaticket for Austria OR some vouchers if you commute by bike.

Kollegenzusammenhalt

I have experienced the best team spirit. Even if sometimes the stress level becomes very high, there is a friendly, cooperative atmosphere.
Compared to my previous employers, Dynatrace manages an outstanding collaboration.

Umgang mit älteren Kollegen

Vorgesetztenverhalten

It depends on your department and team. In my position, I can talk to my line manager (or his manager) at any time and will be heard.
But I know that some teams in RnD are less lucky and you may have a hard(er) time to get your request through.

Arbeitsbedingungen

The offices are very well equipped. You'll find everything you need - and more.
If you have many contacts in US time zones organize your calendar properly. Make sure you get enough free time in the morning.

Kommunikation

Communication on the team level is excellent. If you need some information for your daily work you will get it (again: ask and you will be helped).

Communication from (higher) management down to the working level lacks transparency. This leads to complaints and a general "we don't want Dynatrace to become a US-style company" mood.

Gleichberechtigung

All cultures, genders, ages ... are found at almost all levels, teams, and labs.
At higher levels, significantly fewer women are present. It feels slightly worse than the already bad industry standard.

Interessante Aufgaben

Oh yes. In all departments.

Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich

The product, the talents we have got, the benefits and the history. I can look back at my journey with this company and feel good about what I achieved and learned. Which I am very thankful for.

Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich

The focus on getting good results for the share holders. Especially when that is achieved by taking from the employees.
Recent incentives for cost savings and the laughable merit increase rate while we hear about all the great deals we got and how many new customers are acquired in the all-team meetings. This just doesn't feel right.
Also the recent layoffs and communication about it combined with the introduction of the "success factors" is installing fear in many employees.

Verbesserungsvorschläge

Slow down. A global approach is okay but shouldn't be the sole focus. Honor your employees more than the shareholders. It's not too late to fix it but if we continue with the current direction I am very much afraid that we will loose a lot of very good people.

Arbeitsatmosphäre

Employees feel insecure and being looked at from management. Recent developments in regards to success factors, layoffs, communication about those and even the work model change has left a very sour taste in many mouths.
Overall I feel like the atmosphere is strongly decreasing and has reached - yet again - a new all-time low.

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We're doing a great job with PR as the outside view is still marvellous. Unfortunately over the last few years the image on the inside has drastically changed. Employees are no longer (as) proud (as they used to) to work for Dynatrace.

Work-Life-Balance

Unfortunately this decreased a lot lately. Employees being "motivated" to go to the office on fixed days, changes to the work model in general which reduced the flexibility very significantly and lastly the "need to perform" that was recently introduced. All of those are reducing the meaning of work-life-balance and my colleagues are often pointing out that they're heavily under pressure, feel insecure and some even hint towards looking for an alternative job. This should be a huge red flag to any employer but more often then not this only reaches deaf ears.

Karriere/Weiterbildung

Technical training is good, there's plenty of offers to spend your working hours on training. Actual career steps is a different topic. It can be extremely frustrating to "climb the ladder" as those above you are expecting so much more than they had to provide when they were in your shoes. Sometimes your ideas in these workshops are taken and sold as their own idea.

Gehalt/Benefits

It is okay, but not out of the ordinary. Salary for new hires is usually good but the yearly increases can be a joke. Not being able to match inflation is a net pay cut for the employees rather than a rise.
There's benefits that help to overlook the salary issues but eventually a good monthly payment is what most people will be looking for over anything else.

Kollegenzusammenhalt

With Software Engineers and the teams themselves it's pretty good - at least in my department. Nevertheless the higher up you go, the more elbow-culture is established and you either try to be on the good side with the managers there, or you'll be having an extremely difficult time to get anything heard.

Umgang mit älteren Kollegen

Vorgesetztenverhalten

The higher up, the worse it gets. Unfortunately it's a shark tank by now and everyone is just trying to get higher than others. Especially mid-level management is pretty screwed as employees will come to you to complain but you cannot change or sometimes even voice their opinions any further.

Arbeitsbedingungen

The offices are good. For some it's too open spaced and noisy. There's a constant struggle for meeting rooms.

Kommunikation

From open and transparent to vague and with a lot of flowers. Communication from the US is usually very "polished" with many words that hide the actual (sometimes harsh) message very well. You read a lot but get very little...

Gleichberechtigung

Generally good. I think the company is very much trying to provide a fair environment for anyone.

Interessante Aufgaben

I think this is where the company still shines. There's a good focus on new technologies and - depending on your area of work - interesting tasks. But there's also a lot of mundane work, legacy support and tedious tasks.
With the current company size there's often a wild-west situation where multiple teams are looking into the same technologies and are not aware (or ignorant) of another team's work.

Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich

The topics and the product we work on and my team is great

Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich

The company is not about creating great products anymore. It is about ESG goals and ESG goals only. We claim that we want everyone to be valued and we want to win with integrity, but a lot of people do not feel valued anymore and the response is: suck it up. Internal ratings are also an all time low and the response is: "it is due to stress", which is not the case.

Verbesserungsvorschläge

Replace the People and Culture team in the U.S and get the company on track again.

Arbeitsatmosphäre

It is not about making great software anymore. ESG goals are the number 1 priority

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External Image: Very good from what I hear. Internal Image: Plummeting.

Work-Life-Balance

Quite a bit of stress, but also no problem to go on vacation or take a day off. Recent changes in the work model made it mandatory to return to the office at least 2 days a week, which was a big change (which was also communicated very dishonest again)

Karriere/Weiterbildung

Getting approval to go to a conference is as hard as finding a unicorn. Planning needs to be done for the full next year. Somehow traveling is on a tight budget when it comes to some things, but then again you can see people regularly travel.

Gehalt/Benefits

Quite good

Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein

Company itself has initiatives, employees could be more attentive. Wasting energy by keeping electronics running all day is not really necessary.

Kollegenzusammenhalt

In your own team it is great, on capability level good, outside of that only between the employees who have been here for a longer time.

Umgang mit älteren Kollegen

Vorgesetztenverhalten

Rapidly changing. It is all about controlled communication, specific phrases to not offend anyone and trying to avoid direct answers at all costs.

Arbeitsbedingungen

Pretty good in Linz, since we have nice offices and a lot of amenities. Vienna Lab with the open space concept is horrible though.

Kommunikation

Communication by the Leadership team is often dishonest or just marketing phrases. Austrian based communication is mostly much more honest, but you can see the US influence regularly

Gleichberechtigung

Instead of valuing everyone equally (which is supposedly one of our top goals), people are separated into all kinds of groups, which are all celebrated with tons of flyers and advertisement to the point that I am moving this communication to the spam folder automatically. If you are a man (and white), don't expect anything from this company.

Interessante Aufgaben

From a technical perspective, very interesting work. No complaints on that end.

Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich

The Company is doing a lot to make the work place great, provides additional services like added health care or pension. The work is very interesting. It is a market lead and always growing. And also the work with the people is great and it is definitely possible to make a great career here.

Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich

Communication and Change management as stated before. Also there is an attitude that we know everything better than anybody else, which quite clearly is not true (its never true anywhere). This leads to us reinventing things that others already solved. This is probably an IT thing, but it is very pronounced here. Because of mostly positive communication to employees there is also a tendency to overestimate how great the product is. It is a great product but like anything has flows and weaknesses. This needs an honest look at things to get an even greater product. There are quite a few people that want to drive this mind shift into the company, me and my part of the org being one of these.

Verbesserungsvorschläge

Better Communication to the R&D team and better follow through and driving on changes. Org Change management is another weak point. The company always wants to improve, but doesn't do a good job of managing that change.

Work-Life-Balance

The Company is demanding a lot, but is also honestly trying to provide a good work life balance. If there is a negative it is that if overtime piles up it is not properly managed by much of the mid management. In my department I am the mid management so I am taking extra care of ensuring that people don't make undue overtime.

Karriere/Weiterbildung

Everybody can make a great career here, but there is no "Career planning". I actually think this is ok, Career should be something one works for him/her self and not something somebody provides for you. Responsibility should be taken before it is given. Additional Education is something that I think has gotten a lot better in the last years especially i R&D. in Product Management things are still a bit "find it yourself" but also getting more professional now.

Kollegenzusammenhalt

The people are one of the big plusses in this Company, I really love working with the people here.

Umgang mit älteren Kollegen

Vorgesetztenverhalten

In my case this couldn't be much better, also higher up the chain in R&D things are great. Again communication to the wider org is a weak point here, but if one talks to them then things are great.

Kommunikation

This is the big negative in this Company, especially in R&D. Things get communicated hap hazard, open to misinterpretation, followup and follow through is thought often to just happen without anybody driving things.

To give an example that was mentioned here before: Autonomy. There is a lot of complain that this is an empty phrase, and to some degree this is true. It is true because Autonomy is there on how to achieve objectives. That second part is not properly emphasized when talking about Autonomy. This leads to people flaunting Autonomy as a reason not to work on certain things. This is either accepted (meaning the wrong things are worked upon) or overruled which then often leads to micro management and frustration on both sides.

Another example is communication that certain things have priority and must be focused on, actually a perfect message, yet it is then often taken as working on anything else even if it can be proven that that other thing is business critical and must happen.

The Company is getting better here, but has a long way to go.

Gehalt/Benefits

Salary in the past used to be average, but the new management really stepped up things, in terms of salary but also transparency. A wide range of people have equity and bonuses. I would say that Salaries are above Austrian market at the moment. In my area nobody every asked for a hike, as we make sure to hike people appropriatly.

Gleichberechtigung

This is a hard one to judge from my perspective. I have a mixed team with Austrians and several Expats - I treat them all the same and would hope that this is also the case in other places. Same for women. That being said I can't easily judge that from my perspective

Interessante Aufgaben

I think this is probably one of the biggest benefits, the work is very interesting and there is always new things to tackle if one wants to do so. It is true that well known names a often predisposed to get new and interesting things to do, but it is also true that new people work on lots of exciting things and can get new exciting assignments if they "ask" for them.

Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich

Insgesamt alles. Gibts auch freies Kafe, Joghurt, Musli, Obst, Tee, Bier (nach 4). Oft gibt es auch freies essen wenn es Events gibt. 1 to 1 Meetings zwischen team leads und members werden von der Firma Gefördert. General ist das environment sehr Positiv.

Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich

Die Location ist ein bisschen mühsam, aber es gibt schon Plänne für ein neues Büro in der Stadt.

Arbeitsatmosphäre

Die Firma arbeitet viel an Fairness insgesamt. Vorgesetzte geben sich mühe das sich Leute nicht unter druck fühlen sondern das wir alle zusammen an Problemen arbeiten.

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Yup, aller reden sehr Positiv über die Firma.

Work-Life-Balance

Urlaub jederzeit konsumierbar. Sogar für Ausnahme fälle, wo Mann plötzlich längeren Urlaub braucht. Verschiedene HO Modelle. Sehr gute Gleitzeit Periode und kein Stress wird gemacht, wenn Mann etwas zu erledigen hat und im letzten Moment nicht in der Kernzeit da sein kann.

Karriere/Weiterbildung

Es gibt Karriere tracks, es wird viel daran gemacht das sich alle weiterbilden können wie sie wollen.

Gehalt/Benefits

Die Firma ist bekannt als einer der besten, wenn zu Gehältern kommt (in Graz Umgebung)

Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein

Klima Ticket wird von der Firma bezahlt, wenn Mann mit Offis kommt. Es gibt auch Cash Nachschub für die die mit dem Fahrrad kommen (kannst nur eines nehmen, nicht Cash und Ticket). Insgesamt top.

Kollegenzusammenhalt

Kollegen sind sehr offen und hilfreich. Jede ist wirklich ansprechbar und hilft dir. After work beers and casual talks all around.

Umgang mit älteren Kollegen

Vorgesetztenverhalten

Vorgesetzte versuchen auch eine Open-door policy zu haben. Wenn was ist, komm und sag es, du wirst nicht geschimpft dafür. Das Setzen von Prioritäten und Fokus kann besser werden. Ein bisschen zu oft wird der Fokus gewechselt und Mann kann schwer länger als 2-3 Monate in die Zukunft denken.

Arbeitsbedingungen

Top offices, equipment, auch HO equipment wenn Mann Primär HO macht. Alles top.

Kommunikation

Regelmäßige Meetings über alles, was in der Firma passiert und was andere gemacht haben. Direkte Kommunikation über alle Ereignisse, mal fühlt sich nie ausgeschossen.

Gleichberechtigung

Absolute Gleichberechtigung.

Interessante Aufgaben

Neue sachen werden immer gemacht, die Teams selbts haben viel freiheit wie sie ihre sachen machen, strukturieren und schreiben. Natürlich gibs auch Teams mit viel Legacy aufgaben wo viel Maintenance gemacht wird, aber auch dort gibt es Raum das es anders gemacht wird und das nicht unbedingt alles im Legacy systemen gemacht sein muss, sondern können die Teams selbst neue Wege finden.

Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich

Love the office and the general vibe of everyone I met so far. Really like the international flavor in the Vienna office. Enjoy the daily challenges in my work and that you are welcome to question anything in order to improve. And the bike-garage!

Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich

Struggling hard to find any negatives to be honest. There might be some minor things, but nothing that can't be smoothed over by talking about it

Verbesserungsvorschläge

foster the global exchange and one-company approach to really succeed in the transition from "Austrian scale-up unicorn" to "global tech player" that is relevant for the coming years

Arbeitsatmosphäre

everyone is treated with respect on eye-level, employees can organize their day-to-day work as they see fit with lots of autonomy

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very good reputation as a product company and as employer. After following Dynatrace for a while on social and after all 3 interviews, my expectations were really high and so far (~5 months in) Dynatrace delivered on almost everything that the company promotes

Work-Life-Balance

super flexible working models (remote/onsite hybrid). you can work at your own pace around your life's schedule

Karriere/Weiterbildung

constant growth opens up new positions and development paths. there are pre-defined career tracks for orientation that are very well thought out. I think it still depends a lot on your own motivation. It seems that if you give a lot, you can get a lot back in return. If you "just" focus on your work without being super ambitious in your career that seems to be fine too, but I am getting a vibe of a (very positive) performance culture, which I like.

Gehalt/Benefits

can't complain. I have a fixed yearly gross salary with bonus clause and stock options. In addition there is a company funded pension scheme and contributions for lunch expenses

Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein

ESG initiatives, mental/healthcare offerings, paid time off for volunteering, inclusion and diversity initiatives

Kollegenzusammenhalt

very high teamspirit, people helping each other out but giving you your space when needed.

Umgang mit älteren Kollegen

Vorgesetztenverhalten

my personal manager always has an ear to listen to me when I need some support, advice, clarification or just want to rant if I am having a tough week.

Arbeitsbedingungen

best office in Vienna! and the usual like laptop, docking station, monitor for working from home

Kommunikation

sometimes too much, sometimes too little - but it's very hard to get it right. You can always ask anyone anything and you will be helped. regular internal news from various departments. Some infos are already out of date when they get to you

Gleichberechtigung

as usual in IT, female employees are very often in HR, Finance or Office Mgmt - but there are also more than average female tech employees. In the Vienna office there is a ton of multicultural aspects coming from all the different nations people come from. Very enjoyable and diverse, which makes it very inclusive for everyone. And I love the "come as you are" credo - just be yourself

Interessante Aufgaben

Dynatrace is a cutting-edge product in a very competitive and future proof market. There is always something interesting going on that you can take part in

Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich

Clear vision. The quality of talent here.

Verbesserungsvorschläge

Keep it up, communication, and refinement of org. setup.

Arbeitsatmosphäre

One of our USPs. Genuinely great to be here.

Work-Life-Balance

For this renumeration you would be working many more hrs in other industries e.g. finance

Karriere/Weiterbildung

Every change to learn , including dedicated time per month.

Kollegenzusammenhalt

Great people all around. Both a long tenure and great experience and

Umgang mit älteren Kollegen

Vorgesetztenverhalten

No micro managing garb. Challenging but respectful.

Arbeitsbedingungen

Flawless.

Kommunikation

Always challenging , but doing their best.

Gleichberechtigung

Usual imbalances of the IT space but women increasingly filling more mid and seniors leadership positions.

Interessante Aufgaben

Never boring in this space. Literally inventing the future.