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Hey there,
Thank you for taking the time to review Runtastic as a workplace. We are indeed super happy that you seem to enjoy working here a lot.
As we are eager to maintain where we are good at, feel free to share more in-depth feedback via one of the many tools we offer.
Looking forward to it already!
Your HR Team
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Gehaltsverhandlungen waren eine Info und keine Verhandlung.
Hey there,
Thank you for taking the time to review Runtastic as a place to work.
We appreciate your honesty, and are glad that you enjoyed working with your peers here. Our level of collaboration is high, and we are proud of our unique team spirit.
It is a bummer for us, though, that you did not have a good leadership experience, and we hope that you took the chance during your Exit Talk and the Management Farewell, so that we can look into your experience more thoroughly.
This being said, if there are more topics you would like to share with us, you know where to find us.
All the best to you,
Your HR Team
Great colleagues, good benefits, the chance to develop in many different areas
Lack of transparency, lack of measurable and attainable goals to guide our success
New management and CEO ASAP - the lack of true passion for creating a good product is evident. Lots of talking heads who don't really GAF
Really great overall - I so enjoyed the open nature of the office and being able to ask for help or give help when needed without issue. Lots of international colleagues and chance to widen your perspective
I miss this the most. Thanks to HR, no crappy all-in contracts and comp time was available
Supportive of colleagues who pursue further education and training
Very very good.
Green washing
Runtastic hired the absolute best. I made great connections here - I could really rely on my teammates and colleagues during stressful times. Everyone wanted to get the job done right.
I had a top-notch team lead who led us to success.
Very good
From my team and some other team leads: great. Knew what was expected of me and how to perform my best. Management was duplicitous when communicating the real situation of the company
in my experience good but I know it was not the same across the comapny for everyone. Foreign workers made up majority of the layoffs and lots of disparity in pay among colleagues within the same team who had the same roles
Loved it. Developed my skills, got to work on wonderful projects, learned a lot beyond my core competencies
Hey there,
Thank you so much for taking the time write such a thorough review - we really appreciate it. Happy to hear that you enjoyed Runtastic as a workplace and the perks we have to offer. It goes without saying that we agree 100% that the team spirit due to the bunch of international, open-minded and solution-driven peeps is truly unique for us too.
What hurts us is your perception that our Management team comes across intransparent. On the contrary: we appreciate their openness towards feedback, their weekly written updates, their monthly Management Q&A, and the respective slack channel.
However, we understand why you would think we do not care about our product (which is of course not true): We are not the feature-building factory we used to be, but rather focus on engaging our adiclub members. Since we are in the middle of finalizing our strategy (and had to lay off quite a few team members underway), we were a little lost in regards to our direction in the past year. Now, we are almost back on track and are ready to provide clarity to our team.. and - more importantly - our users.
If you have more feedback, you know where to find us.
Take care,
Monika Dauterive (People & Culture Manager)
Some people are good to work with. The work-life balance is decent. People are treated equally.
Lack of career opportunities and compensation make a lot of people leave. Some people were at the right place at the right time and could advance their careers, but most people are stuck in the same role for years without the opportunity to grow further, also regarding salary.
Management could be more transparent when dealing with tricky topics. Anyone can easily communicate that a 6th vacation week is going to be implemented, but true character is shown when communicating bad news. The layoff was unfortunately treated very poorly, denied until the very end by Management and suddenly from one day to the other 70 people lost their jobs. That's the main reason why the review is titled "just another company", because that's what other companies do. They're not different, they just have a little more polished image with a more polite and friendlier façade.
Not great, not bad - just like any other company, has its ups and downs.
Runtastic somehow is still highly regarded in the Austrian market. The company gets mentioned everytime in the media because of one founder. It's like looking at a club's trophies from the past. The legacy was built back in the day and they sit on top of that. Today, things could be better.
Quite decent, one of the ups of the company.
Some people in the offices really do worry about plastic and try to be as environment-friendly as possible. The company does have the Move for the Planet event (formely Run for the Oceans). While it's better than doing nothing, the donations to clean up plastic are capped by adidas and the cap is hit very quickly, which severely limits the benefits it could have.
Very difficult to develop yourself. If your manager is good, you just might get somewhere. Otherwise, you'll get stuck with boring, unchallenging tasks that no one else wants to do and it doesn't do anything to your career. Creators Time is meaningless if you can't use it, and even if you can use it, the efforts are not recognized by most managers regarding new responsibilities or even compensation-wise (you might get a tap in the back and a 'good job', though). Additionally, it's very difficult to get promoted due to the implementation of adidas' grade system, which makes you apply to a job if you want to move up (not only to be a Manager but also to be a senior contributor). And since most interesting jobs are in the Netherlands and in Germany, it's unfortunately limiting to be in Austria, as no full remote work option is available.
Depends a lot on the team. Some are quite agreeable people, some are not.
Depends on who you get. If you get lucky and score a good manager with rapport inside the company, you're getting the support you need and the job will be interesting. If not, you're probably not going anywhere career-wise and just keep doing the same old boring tasks that nobody wants to do until you get fed up or someone newer comes along.
Not great, not bad. Some office equipment is outdated, some are newer.
In general, Managers and Management avoid straight answers if the topic is slightly tricky despite recurring negative & constructive feedback on engagement survey; as a consequence, nobody is sure what is going to happen until it's too late (see: layoffs in March 23 and discontinuation of Training app). You have to be smart and read in between the lines if you want to stay ahead.
Salary is below average compared to other companies under the same collective agreements.
People are treated equally regardless of their religion, sexual orientation, etc, and is certainly one of the ups of the company.
If you're starting, you're getting the short end of the stick and will have to handle tasks that nobody wants to do until someone newer gets into the team and you can offload those to them. If your manager is good, they will throw some interesting tasks your way, if not... you'll need patience and you will get bored. If you're seen as a senior, you'll probably be fine.
Hey there,
Thank you for providing us with such an elaborate feedback: we greatly appreciate you taking the time for it, even though we certainly would have hoped for a better assessment.
You are right, the past months were hard, as we had to reduce our team size by 70 people. That was indeed a unique incident in the history of Runtastic, and certainly not a happy one.. and therefore it was important to us to survey how the communication and package around this tough decision was perceived.
Luckily, not every team member shares your sentiment, as the majority of both affected and non-affected colleagues understood that these decisions had to be made due to the challenging business situation we had transparently shared for the past months. Also, we are glad that most perceived the support from fair to outstanding, and would consider rejoining Runtastic if the opportunity arose.
2023 is a year of transition at adidas, yet we are on our way to be back on track , which allows us to hire and promote again. We are doing our best to communicate these changes even more clearly and share them more regularly in our many channels (such as the monthly All Hands, the monthly Management Q&A, our slack channels and e-mails).
We sincerely hope that you used our Engagement and Exit Survey to constructively share your feedback as well - and if you have anything to add, you know where to find us.
All the best!
Monika Dauterive
(People & Culture Manager)
- Pretty cool people (Depending on the team)
- Office location
- Good work life balance.
- Pretty average product.
- Lot's of legacy codes and not willing to change.
- Not even people from adidas knows about the application but they knows about Strava.
- Not many people trusts the management, which creates an aura of distrust for everyone.
- Frequent meetings which can be a simple email. (You can literally sleep though some meetings and it would not matter.)
- Do not sugarcoat things until the last moment.
- Make meaningful changes not because the sake of change itself but because it matters for the users.
- Have a clear career guidelines.
Pretty good atmosphere with the co-workers. Though It really depends on the team.
It's adidas when talking about the name itself, however not when matters.
Has a good separation between work and life. No one really bothers after 5 PM.
They have a career path however its not super clear and it's super hard to understand what path to follow for a promotion.
The education budget depends on the manager, Though you can spend some of your working time for learning which is positive.
The salary is bellow average.
Probably the highlight of Runtastic. Some teams are super friendly to work with and they respect your privacy as well.
Not many older people.
Again it depends on the team and the manager assigned for you. Some are really good and some you will never know even though its not a super big company.
Annoying desk + chair combination that are not comfortable.
The leadership says a lot of things that mean absolutely nothing. Everything is always super positive till the last moment.
Most of the tasks are absolutely meaningless and boring. At the beginning it's exiting and later you realize that so many things are super complicated without any good reason.
Hey there, thank you for taking the time to write such an elaborate review. While we would have hoped for even more positive feedback, we greatly appreciate you going into detail, as it will help us improve our employee experience even further.
Indeed, the past months (or even years), have been filled with loads of information, that was sometimes tricky to communicate: you have may have noticed that we stepped up our game with almost weekly written Mgmt Updates (with the opportunity to raise follow-up questions on Slack), even more directly address critical topics during our All Hands and Management Q&As, and involve the entire leadership round in creating stronger bonds and higher trust across the company.
As for the career paths, 2022 and 2023 were indeed tricky due to a challenging economic situation we were facing. While 2023 is still a year of transition, we are confident that in 2024 we will be back to speed and will be able to offer more open positions and growth opportunities.
In the meantime, make sure to use your generous training budget and your Creators Time!
If you have any more feedback, you know where to find us.
Monika Dauterive
(People & Culture Manager)
Interesting tech stack, stellar coworkers and the occasional fun company event.
Extremely low visibility from the workers' perspective. Large-scale projects and integrations ground to a halt and remained in limbo without a lot of explanation. While there were regular Ask the Management sessions, tough questions were more likely to be dodged or given a non-answer in HR-speak.
Autonomous to a degree. In IT, they have a Spotify-like structure going on (Squad>Tribe>Chapter) with some opportunities to collaborate with different teams.
There are Employee Engagement Surveys that show the employees were generally happy to work there. I bet that number took a slump after March's round of layoffs.
Hardly anyone bothers you after 5 P.M. and the workload never reached unmanageable levels.
Nothing special to write about. There was a hiring freeze throughout most of my employment at Runtastic and they were hemorrhaging employees even before layoffs. Nobody brought up the idea of a promotion or career progression either.
Middling salaries in comparison with the rest of the industry in Austria. You do get a nifty discount at Adidas shops for what it's worth.
Some environmental campaigns like Run for the Oceans
Immediate colleagues are a joy to work with. They are helpful, capable and quite friendly. Team leads offer helpful tips or direct you to someone who can help you with your needs.
Apart from the cleaning lady, the workers are generally young (on average <= 40 years old).
OKRs are reasonable, and the short-term goals set per week/month are always within reach. They do run a very lean operation, so if someone calls in sick, delays happen which can cascade through the whole objective.
Modern laptops (new MacBook Pros), standing desks and a practically infinite supply of coffee.
There is a culture of "say no evil" taken to the extreme. Superiors keep mum when things are going south, and when pressed, they wriggle out of questions with non-answers, platitudes and vague reassurances.
There are efforts to have more internationals in leadership roles, and as an LGBT person of color, I felt no discrimination because of my identity.
Highly siloed. I only worked on a handful of microservices throughout my entire employment at Runtastic. My other coworker had more time in the company and therefore was more "involved" in tasks while I did things in the background (optimizations, catching alerts, moving data, etc.). To an external observer, it would've appeared that he was doing most of the heavy lifting while I was twiddling my thumbs.
Hello there,
Thank you so much for taking the time to provide your feedback and elaborate your ratings: this is truly helpful for us!
We love to see that you love our inclusive and people-oriented work culture. <3
We of course are sorry that we failed to present our strategy and the respective projects clearly enough for you: we are continuously working on improving our information flow (and counter silo-thinking underway).
Indeed, the past months have been tough, and it is not easy to find the right balance between actively addressing challenges and providing a positive outlook at the same time. But we are getting there.
Our openness towards tough questions ends where they become destructive, or publicly call out individuals. Other than that our numerous feedback channels like the Engagement Survey, Ask-The-Management, All Hands, Q&A and Skip Level Talks (to name a few) show that we don't shy away from having constructive conversations on how to best tackle our challenges.
Monika Dauterive
(People & Culture Manager)
- Good work/life balance
- Nice colleagues
- Benefits are on the average
- The product is mediocre, with no remarkable innovation
- the only value proposition for the user is earning adidas points with your activity. But the market is changing fast and they are not keeping pace.
- There is a lot of legacy code and systems that slow down the development
- Management is unexperienced. They are always unclear and have just vague answers. They never address problems, and the eNPS just dropped to 0.
- There is no or little career progression
- Salaries are below the market average
- Offices are outdated
- The company is dependent on adidas, but adidas itself does not care - the adidas managment has never mentioned the app in years. The only time I saw adidas management in the office, was just recently, for firing 70 people.
- In the office, you breathe an atmosphere of instability, and distrust in the product and the management.
Good automosphere with colleagues, but you also breathe an atmosphere of instability, and distrust in the product and the management.
Frequent meeting, all-hands etc, but the quality of what they communicate is not great.
Hey there,
Thank you for taking the time to write a review and share your honest feedback with us. It does help us better understand your concerns.
Indeed, the past weeks and months have been challenging for all of us, facing insecurities about our strategic direction and the future of our company as a whole.
The recent announcement of having to reduce our team size was a truly heartbreaking experience, and as you know we are doing our best to support our affected peers to find new jobs as soon as possible.
For the remaining team members, this tough decision however has brought more clarity on how we move forward and what to focus on to bring the best value to our users, to adidas and to us as a team!
2023 is a year of transition, and we are well-equipped to keep up with our strategic importance for the Running BU across adidas.
You may have also heard that we are currently looking into new office spaces in VIE who live up to adidas standards, and we will do our best to bring our HQ to the same level too.
As for communications, I am happy to hear that you appreciate the regularity of our formats, and if you have any input on what can be communicated more clearly, don't hesitate to reach out directly.
All the best
Monika Dauterive
(People & Culture Manager)
Absolutely nothing.
Absolutely everything.
Hire new VPs who know what they're doing. Being the first employee isn't a qualification for being a VP.
They're making office days mandatory now even though the company has been totally remote for years.
It's all pretend. Anything you read as a potential applicant will soon become untrue once you've started working here.
Overhours are celebrated.
No path. No direction. Leads choose favorites and promote based on that despite performance.
Mid to low end. No chance of a decent raise.
Non-existent.
Average age around 30.
You get a used computer and other equipment.
Leadership knows barely anything. The employees know less.
Not at all. The data was shown in a company meeting and tried to be justified.
Busy work is prioritized above all.
Hey there,
Thank you for taking the time to share your review, even though we would have certainly wished for a better rating.
While critical conversations are best held 1:1, we would like to clarify a few of your statements as they fortunately do not reflect our business reality:
1. Every leader needs to undergo a multi-staged hiring process before they are able to start their role. As we only introduced this a few years ago, we certainly still have leaders who have not undergone this process, however every leader receives numerous hours of training in addition to their 1:1 coachings.
2. Fortunately, most Runtastics feel a strong sense of belonging and team spirit, which we can not only tell from our Engagement Survey data, but from the daily interactions in our social Slack channels (such as #appreciation), and the proactive support folks are offering whenever a problem arises.
3. DEI related efforts are a crucial topic for us, wherefore we have defined company goals that not only aim at increasing diversity within the teams and across all leadership levels, but also ensure that everyone, no matter the background, feels safe to be the person that they truly are.
4. Yes, we decided to offer remote options to our employees once the pandemic hit. Now that we are back to a somewhat normal life, we align our approach with the wider adidas organization, and bring the team back to the office on a regular basis. Luckily, we have three great offices in LNZ, VIE and SBG and it is up to the individual where they spend their office days.
5. Indeed, the workload is currently high and we are aware of that. However, we continue encouraging our teams and leaders to define their goals themselves (and prioritize accordingly), to take (mental) health days whenever needed, and to make full use of their six vacation weeks.
Anyways, we are sorry to read that your experience at Runtastic was such a negative one for you. We sincerely hope that you took the time to elaborate on your thoughts more thoroughly in one of our many feedback formats, like the Engagement or Exit survey, our company-wide meetings and Q&A, the suggestion inbox, your regular 1:1 with your team lead or Skip Level Talk with your VP or MD.
All the best for your future endeavours,
Monika Dauterive
(People & Culture Manager)
Sehr transparentes Management. Super arbeitskultur mit remote work ohne micromanaging. Viel Vertrauen.
Turbulent. Manchmal ungewiss wie es weiter geht. Warum viele Job wechseln.
Benefits wie Klima Ticket, sodexo etc. Sind super zum nicht so hohen Gehalt, ein guter Zusatz. Aber da es eine Sport/digital Unternehmen ist sollte Gym membership zum Beispiel auch inkludiert sein
Hey,
wir freuen uns über dein Review: besonders, dass du unsere Transparenz schätzt. Wir bemühen uns wirklich, Entscheidungen und Entwicklungen so offen und regelmäßig anzusprechen... dies führt natürlich auch dazu, dass in turbulenteren Zeiten viele Fragen entstehen, auf die wir nicht immer gleich Antworten parat haben. But: we are working on it!
Auch schön, dass du unsere Benefits genießt: in LNZ haben wir tatsächlich Gratiszugang zu einem Gym, in Wien ist es ein wenig komplizierter, weshalb wir hoffen, dass unser jährliches Sportbudget pro Kopf ein wenig zur individuellen Fitness beiträgt.
Wenn du mehr Feedback hast, nutz gern unsere Suggestion Inbox, unsere vierteljährliche Engagement Survey oder melde dich direkt bei uns, deinem HR-Team.
Monika Dauterive
People & Culture Manager
I receive benefits like insurance, good transport network , holiday bonus with paid flight. I also receive gadgets like laptop for work
Some of the disadvantage is that salary increase is not properly discussed
The employer should try to listen more to the employees on certain issues.
Hello there,
Thank you so much for your rating: we truly appreciate the time you took. And we are certainly happy that you seem to have a great employee experience!
We are glad that you appreciate many of our benefits, and are already prepping to improve the Pay Review Conversation process. However, if your questions cannot be resolved never hesitate to reach out for further explanations.
Regarding your perception that our Management team seems not to listen to employees enough, we would greatly appreciate more context. So we hope that you make use of our formats such as the Engagement Survey or our Management Q&A, or simply reach out to our Mgmt team members or the HR team directly - so that we better understand where we need to improve our communication.
Monika Dauterive
(People & Culture Manager)
So verdient kununu Geld.