A career cul-de-sac for technicians
Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich
Near an U-Bahn station.
Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich
- The U-Bahn station its near is on the U6 line.
- It's a software company that in 20 years of existence didn't learn to properly develop software.
Verbesserungsvorschläge
Stop what you are doing immediately and think about what it means to professionally develop software. You can't keep releasing constantly broken and buggy software. Don't put the people who where responsible for the previous train wreck in a technical leadership position for the new product.
Arbeitsatmosphäre
'Us together against adversity' is the general feeling I have gotten from this job.
Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein
They don't even provide lip service to the very idea.
Vorgesetztenverhalten
My direct line manager was very nice but the further up the chain you go the more dysfunctional the company becomes. There is a fundamental lack of leadership and direction. Maybe the new CEO can fix it but I doubt he can get through the ossified structures in the company, he will fail unless he is willing to take drastic action.
Arbeitsbedingungen
The office is a bit shabby and it is also not in a nice area of Vienna. The IT support was very good. The Laptops where OK too. Usually there where enough empty offices available when you needed to take a private call.
Kommunikation
This is a massive issue at this company the departments do not talk to each other properly.
Gehalt/Benefits
Pay was competitive
Interessante Aufgaben
The product is a large .NET legacy application that grew organically over 20 years. This alone wouldn't be that surprising or unusual but due to the aforementioned lack of leadership huge problems developed and the company is unable to fix them.
If you are a software developer here you will see your skills wither and die.