TheVentury

Bewertungen

Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich

People are nice and friendly, you can try out many things, ok if you have zero experience

Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich

Stress and time pressure, bad salary, lack of career prospects, lack of management

Arbeitsatmosphäre

The atmosphere was mostly good by the time I started. Everyone was friendly.
Later on it got toxic. The leadership team tried to create a silicon-valley-like fake culture, singing their own praises, although the company was in great financial trouble and people were very dissatisfied.
Instead of listening to critique, people were silenced when they tried to talk about apparent problems. About 15-20 people left the company within 2022 because of those problems. Two IT teams practically dissolved.

Over the last years the financial situation was never good. This desperation for generating money was handed down to every single employee - so everyone was responsible to do everything they could to generate money. It was stressful. It also meant asking your private network and doing sales as an IT-person.

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Not good. I know of at least 3 people that left because they felt burnt out. Like I said, >15/43-47 people left within one year. The company itself does a ton for its image to attract new talent and clients. Most of the 4-5* reviews (Sept-Oct 2021) here at kununu were part of an internal marketing initiative.

Work-Life-Balance

Work-life balance does not exist. The company tries to make its working model seem very flexible, but at the end of the day, it is only flexible for the company. Time tracking is detailed and tedious. Internal work (not booked on client) should be avoided at all costs.
They expect everyone to be personally invested, especially when it comes to the financial survival and the image of the company. This means whenever a client needs something, you have to jump. You should praise the company on social media.
Often times there was weekend work and long evenings/nights during the week, especially because of how the tasks were distributed. (this might not apply to other teams like "Growth" though)

They work "agile", but pressure everyone (at least in IT) to highly underestimate tasks. Basically you get tasks that are calculated in hours of time you can spend on them, and the time is mostly completely unrealistic and coming from the budget of the client.
Meaning: you are working under extreme time pressure to finish your work. If you don't manage, you either present shitty work to clients and or work extra hours on your own time. Most people chose the latter.

Karriere/Weiterbildung

Unfair and unclear career scheme, no allocated budget for education. No real mentoring and too few senior experts to learn from. People do not have time to pass on knowledge. You will sometimes have to become an expert in a new language/skill within a few days to take over a new client project. You get a few hours for self-learning.

Gehalt/Benefits

They pay much less than the market average. Employees that worked for several years had to beg for an increase of 3-5%. Everyone I know was negotiated down during hiring.

Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein

What they do is recycle trash in the office. When it comes to project work, they try to do good. But they also sell you many projects as "projects with a positive climate and social impact," but if you research the projects thoroughly, they lack this impact. It seems to be more for image and social media following.

Kollegenzusammenhalt

It was supportive and helpful between coworkers, and people tried to make it work. People were very approachable and nice. Often, people working together on projects cared much more about the quality of outcome than the management.

Umgang mit älteren Kollegen

People over the age of 36 barely exist, so it's hard to say.

Vorgesetztenverhalten

Lack of actual management and leadership. The leadership team is handing down responsibility. They set unrealistic goals and have minimal experience with people management. Good positions are given to those who never question the company, not those with the skills to do the work. People were hired and let go in the same year because of the financial situation.

Arbeitsbedingungen

The hardware is suitable, I got everything I needed, also a screen for home office work. The office is difficult to work in if you must focus a lot. It's one big open space, and it's loud. If you have a position with a lot of communication and collaborative work, it can be very nice though, because people are genuinely friendly and fun. You had to leave the office and go down the elevator to a different floor to get to a toilet.

Kommunikation

Often lack of communication lead to problems in projects. Unclear decision making and lack of structure. Processes were created but not followed. Tons of unproductive meetings, sometimes 5-6 in one day. General communication is done in one meeting once a week which is fine.

Gleichberechtigung

Interessante Aufgaben

This was very much dependent on the projects that the agency could get. Sometimes cool projects. In the last 1-2 years, instead of software, we developed simple websites. The scope was often unclear, and expectations were not well managed. Lack of quality overall.

Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich

Die Firmenkultur, Organisation und das Verhalten der Vorgesetzen

Arbeitsatmosphäre

Kollegen, und Firmenorganisation ist hervorragend. Es wird ständig daran gearbeitet, die Organisation und die Arbeitsabläufe zu verbessern, so dass man sich auf die Arbeit selbst konzentrieren kann. Äußerst moderne Firmenstruktur.

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Man hat das Gefühl, bei einem großartigen Projekt dabeizusein, mit spannenden Kunden, intelligenten Kollegen und hilft Unternehmen Innovationen voranzutreiben.

Work-Life-Balance

Durch die flexiblen Arbeitszeiten und Homeoffice ist die Work-Life-Balance sehr gut.

Karriere/Weiterbildung

Es gibt dezidierte Zeit für persönliche Weiterbildung, aber ebenso zahlreiche Themen und Insights die von Kollegen oder vom Management präsentiert werden.

Gehalt/Benefits

Das Gehalt ist angemessen und über KV. TheVentury kann allerdings als momentan rasch wachsendes Unternehmen nicht die höchsten Gehälter zahlen. Dafür gibt es Zusatzangebote, wie gratis Wiener Linienticket, Zeitbudget für Weiterbildung und zahlreiche coole Firmenevents.

Kollegenzusammenhalt

Kollegenzusammenhalt ist bestens. Wenn mal was nicht optimal läuft, werden Lösungen besprochen und nicht Probleme.

Vorgesetztenverhalten

Vorgesetzte bewegen sich auf Augenhöhe und freundschaftlich. Es geht darum Lösungen zu finden, wo es nötig ist und jeder wird respektiert. Man kann alles besprechen ohne Angst zu haben. Im Gegenteil: Feedback ist ausdrücklich erwünscht, zu allen Themen.

Das beste an TheVentury ist aber, dass man die Möglichkeit hat seine Aufgabengebiete so zu gestalten, wie man am besten arbeiten kann und es wird niemandem ständig über die Schulter geschaut oder kontrolliert. Eigenverantwortung wird geschätzt. Oben und unten gibt es nicht.

Arbeitsbedingungen

Die Arbeitsbedingungen sind bestens. Klimaanlage vorhanden, Großraumbüro mit Fokusecken, schöne Aussicht auf den Donaukanal. Man arbeitet mit Laptops, die man an Arbeitsstationen anschliessen kann, oder eben mal von der Coach oder zuhause aus. Rundherum gute Restaurants.

Kommunikation

Hervorragende Kommunkation von seitens der Geschäftsführung. Jede Mitarbeiterstimme wird gehört und auch in den Entscheidungen reflektiert

Gleichberechtigung

Interessante Aufgaben

Kunden kommen hauptsächlich aus dem Startup oder Technologiebereich und sind zumeist extrem spannende Projekte.
Zusätzlich hat man die Möglichkeit sich in Themen zu vertiefen, die einen interessieren

Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich

teamwork, open-communication culture

Arbeitsatmosphäre

bi-weekly meetings to raise issues & highlights, celebrating success

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Image & reality fits

Work-Life-Balance

it's an intense job which honestly requires some of your private time however, colleagues easily become friends thus the work-life-balance is overlapping with your job

Karriere/Weiterbildung

TheVentury helps its employees to grow and support this wherever possible & needed.

Gehalt/Benefits

According to Austrian law

Kollegenzusammenhalt

across different departments, employees are always helping out when needed

Umgang mit älteren Kollegen

It's a young company with young partners and employees. However, as I know the company anyone is always welcomed and treated fairly.

Vorgesetztenverhalten

goals are set together and conflicts are always talked out till solutions for both sides are found

Arbeitsbedingungen

Everything is up-to date

Kommunikation

open & honest communication appreciated

Gleichberechtigung

Interessante Aufgaben

Since TheVentury is kind of a consultancy and is working with different clients, there are always different and interesting (sometimes challenging) tasks