MeisterLabs 

Software 

GmbH

Bewertungen

Arbeitsatmosphäre

The company laid-off a good portion of its staff in mid 2022, which also happened to other tech companies like Bitpanda, Go Student etc. I guess this happens when there is an imbalance between investor expectations, (unrealistic) growth plans, weak leadership etc. - I was not part of the leadership, but in all of those cases you hear about the very same issues. That's important because all this causes pressure amongst the crew and people feel less safe, at least the ones that I have talked to. Regardless of this weight and new reality at Meister, the company tries its best to create a good workplace. There are super flexible working times, you can blance full (!) days when you have 8+ overhours, you get good equipment and also people are very nice.

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Not very clear to me. Vision and reality is not the same

Work-Life-Balance

Really depends! For most people it's good. There are flexible working times and home office is not an issue, also full remote is possible. You can balance full days when you have 8+ overhours. Technically there are no overhours actually, but "more hours". The difference is that real over hours are balanced by 1:1,5 and more hours by 1:1 (only). But still I loved the system, since you can take off a day from time to time. Still there are some employees who have so many tasks that they have dozens of over hours and no time to take off, but I'd say that's just the exception to the rule

Karriere/Weiterbildung

Very professional. They are clear career paths - even for people who do not want to lead other people, there are very nice opportunities. They put some thought into this. You can also do a lot of trainings and they pay for german classes and even personal coachings. Leaders get regular trainings as well. Theoretically you can spend 10% of your work time with trainings, BUT I haven't seen anyone who ever had the time to actually do that

Gehalt/Benefits

Meister improved the salaries a bit this year, especially after the lay-offs. But you have to be clear that other companies pay way better mostly. A friend of mine left the company this year and gets more as an intermediate than many of the seniors at Meister. I've heard from a few seniors, that they had counter offers with 15-20k more a year when they joined Meister. So you see, money is not everything :)
Still I have to mention that Meister pays for your public transport in Vienna or they pay the equivalent amount to the austrian railway card.

Kollegenzusammenhalt

Quite good, as in most companies

Vorgesetztenverhalten

Also depends. Everyone is super nice, but I had a bad experience with a very unexperienced leader in the specific field. That was hard, but the time before that was nice and I think overall it's ok in all other departments. I just heard from a friend in another dev team that his lead is super nice, but still too "soft" and finds it hard to make fast and clear decisions

Kommunikation

Arbeitsatmosphäre

The working atmosphere of Meister is really nice. The Vienna offices are gorgeous and comfortable with coffee, snacks, and other incentives. I also very much like that we are flexible with working from home.

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I think most employees are happy with their jobs and happy with Meister overall.

Work-Life-Balance

The work/life balance at Meister is a huge benefit for me. It’s one of my favorite things about the company. Everyone from the Founders to the Junior Employees are encouraged to take leave, stay at 38.5 hours a week, and take time when needed to take care of oneself. This makes for a really positive experience where the “hustle and grind” of tech isn’t so present.

Karriere/Weiterbildung

While we have “development” time, I haven’t personally taken any career advancement time at Meister. Educational classes or professional development is available, in theory, but it doesn’t seem to be a major objective.

Gehalt/Benefits

While I think the salaries are a bit lower than market value, I think Meister makes up for it to some degree with their level of work flexibility.

Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein

I think many of the employees are environmentally and socially conscious, but I haven’t seen any concerted effort specifically from the top-down. I think that Meister leadership could do a better job of enabling and encouraging more social awareness, supporting diverse causes, creating a space for us as a company to be more environmentally conscious and support this financially or with employee volunteer days or something like this.

Kollegenzusammenhalt

The HR team at Meister does a nice job of vetting potential candidates for culture fit and cohesion among other staff. Because of this, we have a great blend of people who bring value to the team and also are team players. The existing staff is mostly open and transparent with work and collaborating together.

Umgang mit älteren Kollegen

I would say this is an area of growth for Meister. As a SaaS company, we tend to hire more juniors for positions and this excludes older colleagues in senior roles. I would like to see Meister actively recruit older colleagues.

Vorgesetztenverhalten

The leadership team and managers at Meister are constantly improving. With a relatively flat hierarchy, we are still working and collaborating with each other often at all levels of the company and “Managers” don’t just manage, they do.

Arbeitsbedingungen

The working environment is really nice at Meister. We have gorgeous offices, standing desks, and it’s always clean and tidy. We have easy access to a garden to eat lunch, work outside, or take a break which really adds value to the day!

Kommunikation

Gleichberechtigung

The balance of male/female colleagues seems like a good blend at Meister. While we don’t have parity, I think we do a good job of trying to recruit and hire talented people from all backgrounds.

Interessante Aufgaben

The projects and tasks at Meister are interesting and challenging. Being in a growing Tech company, we always have work to do and great new projects to work on.

Arbeitsatmosphäre

Sehr angenehme Arbeitsatmosphäre in einem unglaublich schönen Büro mitten in Wien.

Work-Life-Balance

Urlaub ist jederzeit möglich und Freizeit sollte auch nicht zu kurz kommen. Regelmäßige Team-Events in lockerer Atmosphäre finden zusätzlich statt. Das Unternehmen kümmert sich wirklich toll um jeden einzelnen Mitarbeiter.

Kollegenzusammenhalt

Falls Hilfe benötigt wird, erhält man sofortige Unterstützung. Der Zusammenhalt der Kollegen ist toll!

Vorgesetztenverhalten

Sehr respektvoll. Entscheidung sind sofort nachvollziehbar.

Kommunikation

Interessante Aufgaben

Abwechslungsreiche und interessante Tätigkeiten.

Arbeitsatmosphäre

Alle bei Meister sind freundlich, nett und leben eine offene Arbeitskultur, die durch Diversität und Akzeptanz komplettiert wird.

Work-Life-Balance

Es wird eine 38.5 bzw. 40-Stunden-Woche im ganzen Betrieb großgeschrieben, zu manchen Zeiten kommt es aber doch zu starken Überstunden. Diese werden in der Regel aber so gut es geht nach einigen Wochen wieder langsam abgebaut.

Kollegenzusammenhalt

Top Teamwork!

Vorgesetztenverhalten

Management ist immer erreichbar. Oftmals könnten Entscheidungen transparenter kommuniziert werden.

Kommunikation

Interessante Aufgaben

Arbeit ist großteils abwechslungsreich.

Arbeitsatmosphäre

A friendly, fun, international, family-like atmosphere, a culture of helping others in achieving their goals.

Work-Life-Balance

This is my favorite part about working for Meister. The company has internalized the fact that all employees are individuals with lives outside of work. This profound respect for people is part of company culture. Working from home a couple of times a week, doctors appointments, no overtime... all is accepted.

Kollegenzusammenhalt

There's generally a "we're all striving for the same thing" approach, and a core understanding that many things can be achieved through working together. That being said, during stressful times, there have cases where people disagree but luckily all potential problems are usually addressed early enough before turning into anything serious.

Kommunikation

Interessante Aufgaben

There's always a chance an opportunity to work on interesting tasks. Even outside of your department and/or role.