Incompetent and chaotic leadership, this fish is rotting from the top
Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich
The past is the only thing that was good. There isn't anything positive currently.
Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich
Leadership is terrible and incapable of either understanding the consequences of their actions or the fact that they are the main problem.
Verbesserungsvorschläge
Take a hard look at yourselves and acknowledge that the problem starts at the top. Agile is not the problem, home office is not the problem. Top management IS the problem and until that changes, nothing will improve. Also pay people more and put a strong focus on culture, that is your only hope to rebuild what you have destroyed.
Arbeitsatmosphäre
This used to be one of the best parts of working at Tricentis but sadly, not anymore. Top managment has completely gone off the rails, which probably started already over a year ago but has become blatantly obvious now. As part of a 'restructuring' they fired a bunch of really good people in engineering in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, who actually cared about the product and the company, not just their own position and promoting themselves. Since the top management is incompetent and uninformed, they completely failed to understand the consequences of their actions, and in the past few months a lot of the most experienced and best people have quit (also despite the pandemic). Top managment is somehow suprised by this, which they really shouldnt be. Of course, they are also completely incapable of realizing that they are the main problem, so they are blaming others. It has become a totally fear-based environment where no one trusts anyone, and no one is motivated. This really is not a work environment you want to be in.
Kommunikation
Terrible. This was always bad but has become even worse. Management makes abrupt and chaotic decisions that no one understands, and communicates them late and poorly. After the 'restructuring' (which was really just firing a bunch of people who actually cared about and fought for the engineers), there was absolutely no plan and some people didn't even know who they reported to or what product they were working on 1 month later. There is no proper communication, and the leadership is disastrous.
Kollegenzusammenhalt
The people were always the best thing about Tricentis, but now a lot of the best people are gone and the blowhards have moved into positions of power. There are still some good people left, but morale is really low and people don't know who they can trust.
Work-Life-Balance
This used to be ok, but now it is also a mess. Top managment is trying to show they are cool by giving us random days off, but at the same time they say everything needs to be done faster than before and there are absolutely no release extensions. There is lots of pressure from the top, so the work-life balance and extra days off are a joke (and also viewed with suspicion).
Vorgesetztenverhalten
Like everything else, this used to be good. But then they fired the good managers and others quit. People then didn't even know who they reported to, and its basically command-and-control these days. The only way to get ahead now is apparently through posturing and bullshit. Actually good and competent people who really cared both about the product and the people have been pushed out. Top management has shown what what their values are, and its clear they value all the wrong things.
Interessante Aufgaben
Its hard to be interested in things when there is no vision and you have no idea what the point of anything is. This might be better in other departments, but Engineering/R&D has no clear direction and new products are often worked on for over a year only to be abandoned long after it has become clear that there is no go-to-market strategy and no one actually knows who the customer should be.
Gleichberechtigung
Whatever supposed diversity initiatives exist are pretty much useless and nothing more than lip service. I have heard that women coming back from maternity leave have been treated very badly, and I also know of a case where a female employee escalated a case of on-going mobbing against a male colleague and then he got promoted and she got fired (as part of the 'restructuring', but still).
Umgang mit älteren Kollegen
I think this is ok, haven't really noticed older colleagues treated bad.
Arbeitsbedingungen
The office is ok, but its nothing special. Laptops are not the newest, and you cant move desks easily, which can be annoying. There is a very nice view though.
Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein
'Giving back' is supposedly a core value, but it is something left to employees. I dont know of anything the company as a whole or top management has done to give back to the community or improve social consciousness. Like the diversity initiatives, this is mostly lip-service and only done as long as it doesnt actually cost the company anything.
Gehalt/Sozialleistungen
Pay is under market value, but the great colleagues and nice environment used to make up for it. Now the pay is still bad, and the work environment also sucks. They are desperate for people at this point, so maybe they are offering more these days but you should really think long and hard about whether this is a place you really want to work.
Image
Not really well known as a company, and with all the chaotic decision-making and incapable leadership in recent months any truthful image would not be very good.
Karriere/Weiterbildung
Before the 'restructuring' there were managers who really cared about their employees and tried to support them in advancing their career. These people are now gone, and there don't seem to be a lot of career prospects.