Overall good place to work
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As most people in the company say (and I agree), people are the main good thing about the company: the team is very open, friendly and helpful.
Some of the company benefits (e.g. paid lunch) are quite unique.
Verbesserungsvorschläge
I would find helpful:
- Clearer responsibility split among the departments
- Clearer career paths
- Having own place to work (as opposed to free desk policy)
Kommunikation
Regular company meetings and newsletters provide a good insight into the company performance and goals. Unfortunately, rationale behind some decisions can be unclear.
Kollegenzusammenhalt
The colleagues are helpful and forthcoming, questions (even basic and recurring) get answered quite quickly. The only exception is when some colleagues are under time pressure.
Work-Life-Balance
Flexitime in general allows to settle good work-life balance but somehow I didn't manage to find a good balance: the number of tasks is sometimes overwhelming and it's hard to leave work behind when you are actually out of office.
Interessante Aufgaben
The employee's interests and expertise are usually taken into account when the tasks are distributed.
Gleichberechtigung
The equity, diversity and inclusion are talked about quite openly. There is still some room for improvement left in practical terms but in general the situation is great.
Arbeitsbedingungen
The working conditions degraded slightly since the office move. Previously people used to have fixed places in rooms with 3-4 people. Now it's somewhat semi-open space (with some walls and soundproofing in-between though). It's also a free desk policy, which means that every day I need to first see if the place I like is occupied by a faster colleague, then (most likely) search for another place, bring stuff from my locker, set up my table, chair, laptop, screens and clean up at the end of day. For me personally that affected the sense of belonging in the company quite massively.
On a good side, I got to sit around different people with whom I usually don't have so much contact and build better relationships. Also changing the place sometimes helps refresh the perspective.
The laptops and other gear are fine.
Karriere/Weiterbildung
The company provides training budget and opportunity for personal development plan. Unfortunately, due to the workload I rarely get to use these.
Career path in my department is extremely limited but internal applications to other positions are quite welcome by the company. It's very difficult to apply for a position in London though.