- AboutYou GmbH07.Nov. 2018
- Mitarbeiter
- Mit Arbeitgeber-Kommentar
Arbeitsatmosphäre
A lot of pressure, with many gaps in structure
Vorgesetztenverhalten
Highly skilled in their job, but with utter lack in soft skills how to handle people who are coming in with their mindset already set up about how to work
Kollegenzusammenhalt
Depends a lot on the single person
Interessante Aufgaben
There are potentially a lot of interesting tasks to do, if you would be allowed to work in a structured manner
Kommunikation
A lot of information is kept by single employees, no overall picture is really shown, the freelance should only perform single minded tasks
Gleichberechtigung
Many females in leading positions, looks good
Umgang mit älteren Kollegen
not many people above 30 and people with kids, sometimes they don't understand the needs of a family
Gehalt / Sozialleistungen
Budget issues are not communicated, they try to renegotiate already signed contracts.
Very bad behavior, not like Hanseatic people at all
Arbeitsbedingungen
Big offices, often loud
Umwelt- / Sozialbewusstsein
only superficially
Work-Life-Balance
None as freelancer, you should work 12-14 hours but only less are recognized
Image
Outside good, inside very bad
Verbesserungsvorschläge
- Due to the management style of the founders and the distrust in people changes won't be made
Contra
The top management has a general attitude in distrust in people and therefore they are no big fans of home office or remote work. Despite selling themselves as start-up, there are are many things which are old fashioned, especially about how to work and work-life balance.
If freelancers are hired in, their opinions are disregarded despite they were hired to get some extra knowledge. "About You" think they know better, despite having massive gaps in some fields.
People don't accept them as business partners, instead they are considered as additional workforce which has to jump on their behalf.
Budget issues are not communicated, they try to renegotiate already signed contracts.
Very bad behavior, not like Hanseatic people at all.
- FirmaAboutYou GmbH
- StadtHamburg
- JobstatusEx-Job
- Position/HierarchieFreelance/Freiberuflich
- UnternehmensbereichIT
Kommentar des Arbeitgebers
Dear ex-colleague, Thank you for your feedback, which we take very seriously. The company culture of ABOUT YOU is characterised by values like efficience, speed and straightness. Allthough we are grwoing so fast, it is still a start-up environment. Especially in very stressful project phases, the pressure can be higher. As you have been assigned to work for us in a freelance position, your department has had capacity bottlenecks. In all interview processes with freelancers, we ensure that the candidates are familiar with the workload. Allthough we have busy phases, we try to ensure that the work environment for employees and also for freelancers is appreciative. In case there are any problems, our HR team is always there to find solutions. We place great importance on our company culture and corporate values. Our employees are commited with our culture and try to give this feeling to new colleauges. This does not mean that we are not open for new ways of thinking or how to work. We strive for improvement and are contantly looking for better solutions - therefore new ideas are highly welcome. Transparancy and open communication is a big part of our corporate culture. Therefore we have monthly events with our management board, where all employees get important information about the latest company news. Within the teams, there are weekly meetings which ensure a transparent exchange of information. We place freelancer for subprojects and ensure, that they get all information for their specific tasks. Sometimes it is not possible to involve freelancer in all topics, as we work with strictly confidental and high sensitive data. In case these are not relevant for your specific task, we try to forward these information only to a minimum of employees or freelancer. As a company, we promote graduates and young professionals and give them chances to enter the labour world. Our social surrounding is coined by a colorful environment with a lot of private events in the evening. Especially young people feel comfortable in this area of work, therefore we have many young employees. This must in no way be taken as a basic requirement to an employee! We welcome employees at each ages and each level of experience! ABOUT YOU is a young company and we carefully decide how we invest our money. Once we signed a contract, we do not renegotiate already agreed services. We trust our employees and freelancers and expect the same as an employer - in case there are clear reasons for an abuse of confidence, we act conscientiously and business-oriented. Teamwork and a strong sense of collaboration are very important for us. Home-Office and remote-work are possible, but we prefer our employees to work with their colleauges and teams. Our top management is sitting togehter with all groups of employees, therefore we cannot understand your comment in these case. Please come back to me and we can discuss this topic - for our management board and us as a HR department, it is highly important to ensure an environment with flat-hierarchies. In summary, we are very disappointed to read that there have been so many things, which did not worked well for you. We learned a lot from our experiences in your case and will communicate to freelancers even more effectively how it is like to work in a fast-moving and challenging environment. In case there are any open topics, please do not hesitate to contact me. Viele Grüße
Kira Niklas
Teamlead Fashion & Business Recruiting