Arbeitsatmosphäre

The last months at HolidayCheck has been some changes in the way the company supports the employees through their journey. Although I believe most of the changes were for the better, they always create some confusion.

Kommunikation

There are multiple ways of being informed about the current situation and numbers of the company (i.e. monthly company meetings or intranet), your department (i.e. IT Quarterly) or the different product teams and what they are doing.

Umgang mit älteren Kollegen

At HolidayCheck I have a lot of colleagues that have been a long time at the company. You can find many cases around of people being between 5-15 years here. Their input is super valuable for anyone joining new the company or the travel sector.

Karriere / Weiterbildung

During the last months, I had the chance of becoming a team lead. This has not only showed me that there are chances to grow inside the company, but also all the trainings and activities in the last months have helped me become better in my new role as well. It was good to see that you are not left alone after such a change.
Also in my new position I try to help my people to grow and find the next step in their career.

Gehalt / Sozialleistungen

With a new system in place, the salary seems to be a bit more clear and fair.

Arbeitsbedingungen

In Bottighofen we have very bright offices with a nice view to the lake of Konstanz (Bodensee). Working in IT you get to choose the hardware you are most comfortable working with.

Umwelt- / Sozialbewusstsein

As a company working in the travel sector, the environment is a hard topic. Right now there is a big group of people inside the company checking how to make HolidayCheck more sustainable.

Work-Life-Balance

As an employee at HolidayCheck, I have a lot of freedom respecting my work-life balance. I can get holidays at any time (sure after consulting my team); taking homeoffice is possible when needed/wanted; as part of the IT, I have very flexible hours and if I have to take care of some errand, I don't have problems to leave the office within short notice.

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I am happy to tell where I am working and explain the benefits I get from it. Having worked in different places before and hearing stories from friends/family, I am proud of saying I am part of HolidayCheck.
Also it is great to be building a product that helps others find their holidays. That gives you a good feeling when developing it.

Verbesserungsvorschläge

• There are always things that could improve:
• our OKR process is there to give us guidance towards goals and after a rough start is getting better year by year and I am looking forward to the next rounds.
• as I mentioned before, being sustainable in a company selling package holidays or cruises is not easy but it is great to know that the company and many of the employees want to improve there and create a better product/company in this sense.

Pro

- The freedom and trust we have in terms of work-life balance.
- The diversity of the teams, with people from almost 30 nationalities.
- The technologies we use. We may not embrace every new fancy framework but use some of the new technologies around and experiment with some others.
- In-job events like the HolidayCheck Camp (2-days conference for IT, Product, UX and Scrum teams, each year in a different location like Bulgaria or Turkey), Slack Fridays (one day to do anything non-job-related), CoPs or Guilds (to share informations between devs)
- Programs like the apprenticeship @ HC, interesting both for the apprentice and the mentor.
- Food prepared by one cook everyday (but Fridays) at good rates, including one day free.
- An awesome Summer Summit, where all colleagues from all different locations can meet together and enjoy a great day!

Arbeitsatmosphäre

1st level managers are like not existing in the company. They do not take decisions, they do not praise, they do not provide mentorship, they do not treat employees fairly and honestly.

Vorgesetztenverhalten

That is the biggest problem in the company, POOR MANAGEMENT! Managers care only about numbers and not about humans. They do not set realistic goals, they do not treat employees in a nice way and they do not respect their opinions. It is an environment where snitches and flatterers are rewarded.
Moreover, the company aims to interns and low-paid employees, that is why several positions stay open. Huge workload is created among teams and managers do not do anything about it...

Kollegenzusammenhalt

The company is German is 80% of the employees are Germans. That means first of all that if you are a non-German speaker, it will be difficult to enter their clique. Moreover, I have seen several racist behaviours.
Apart from the things mentioned above, it is a classic company. There are people that you can cooperate with pretty well, but there are also people who will go behind your back and stab you with a knife.

Interessante Aufgaben

It depends completely on the team, but in general there are not lots of interesting tasks...

Kommunikation

On the one hand there are regular meetings where employees can learn things about the organisation, on the other hand the board always gives general answers and especially when it comes to "hot" or difficult topics.
For example, the last year lots of employees are leaving the company because of poor management, bad decisions and non existing payrises. However, they never replied questions about these topics and never tried to improve something.

Karriere / Weiterbildung

Good environment to start your career, but aftr a while you need to go somewhere else to develop.

Gehalt / Sozialleistungen

- Salaries are very low compared to the rest of Switzerland, but are paid on time.
- The pension scheme is the simplest and there is no flexibility.
- The benefits are so and so. The company pays for any trainings or courses, but does not pay for transportation costs and there is no flexibility from HR etc.

Work-Life-Balance

Working life balance is good. There is flexibility regarding the working hours, people can also work remotely sometimes.

Verbesserungsvorschläge

• Lots of people left the company the last year because of wrong decisions or because of POOR MANAGEMENT. Skilled and valuable people of the company are not respected and appreciated, while at the same time snitches and flatterers go up. My advice? Start respecting the human side of people and replace the unskilled people with the ones that worth it.

Arbeitsatmosphäre

Früher: tolle Teams mit super Zusammenhalt und Atmosphäre in der kreativ gearbeiteten werden konnte

Heute: Teams werden regelmäßig neu zusammengestellt mit mehr schlecht als rechter Informationen. Themen bleiben nur in scope wenn jemand besonders herausragende Fähigkeiten im verfälschen von Wirtschaftlichkeitsbetechnungen hat.

Vorgesetztenverhalten

Keine verlässlichen Aussagen, stehen nicht hinter einem, zeigen manchmal sogar Gleichgültigkeit.
Unterm Strich: Mittleres Management leider nicht befähigt für die Aufgaben der Mitarbeiterführung.
Schulungen und Coachings wären angebracht.

Kollegenzusammenhalt

Tolle Leute!

Kommunikation

Pro: Super tolle interne Kommunikationsabteilung macht mit Intranet tollen Job

Contra: Management-Entscheidungen sehr oft lückenhaft und vor allem nicht nachvollziehbar kommuniziert. Auch hat jeder Manager, den man zu einem Thema fragt, selbst etwas anderes verstanden

Umgang mit älteren Kollegen

Gibt fast keine... liegt am Lohn.
Mehr ein Job für Einsteiger

Karriere / Weiterbildung

Mitarbeiter, die nicht an sexy Projekten arbeiten, gehen sie auch nie live, werden klein gehalten und gar unterdrückt.

Gehalt / Sozialleistungen

Geringes Gehalt.
Gehaltserhöhungen gibt es bei ganz viel Glück am St.Nimmerleinstag

Work-Life-Balance

Schöne Lage am See
Überstunden können abgebaut werden

Verbesserungsvorschläge

• Mittleres Management hat dringend Handlungs- bzw. Schulungsbedarf.
• Nehmt das Feedback eurer Mitarbeiter endlich ernst.
• Nicht ohne Grund nehmen alle Leute, die es können, die Beine in die Hand und hauen ab. Ändert etwas zur Haltung und Motivation eurer Mitarbeiter und zwar nicht durch Angst und unangemessenen Druck

Pro

Ich stehe eigentlich hinter dem Unternehmen- Group CEO ist sehr authentisch.
Vision und Mission sind super.

Ich habe aus der aktuellen Sicht Angst um Holidaycheck!