Hefty decline over the recent months/years
Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich
Colleagues and provided equipment. The product (!) and the dedication to make it even better. Flexibility to work from home.
Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich
Chaos. Chaos everywhere. A 12 year old company that behaves like a recently founded start up. No clear strategy (long term), everchanging goals, responsibilities and expectations. Results are super high workload and confusion in every regard.
Communication is among the worst I've ever seen. One of the many results of incompetent/absent management.
Verbesserungsvorschläge
Settle on a vision for the next X years. Decide long term, stick to it. Instead of introducing new policies, tools, whatever, reduce what you already have and maximize usefulness. Care for your people and try to make it look authentic.
Arbeitsatmosphäre
Fairly solid since working from home. Colleagues tend to be very engaged and in it for change. Superiors barely care.
Kommunikation
Despite recent efforts, this is probably still the biggest issue at Ada and has always been. Important communication is drowned in dozens of channels, communication strategies change every few months.
Kollegenzusammenhalt
One of the better parts of working here. Most colleagues are a joy to work with. Many bright minds that come up with great ideas/solutions.
Work-Life-Balance
Vacation policies are great, you can take time off whenever you need/want to. Working hours are far more than agreed on if you want to keep up with your workload. When mentioned, it's promised that this will be fixed but it won't be any time soon. Aloha burnout.
Vorgesetztenverhalten
Decisions are made left and right, but nobody really knows why. Most goals feel accomplishable but are scrapped shortly after for even shinier goals. If you're lucky you get some say in the decisions that affect you.
Interessante Aufgaben
Very lacking. While you have some say on what to work on and when, you will simply not have the time to work on interesting tasks.
Gleichberechtigung
I believe this is also one of Ada's strong(er) suits. Apart from gender, there's clearly favourites that will get better treatment than others, though.
Umgang mit älteren Kollegen
Not exactly great. You'll gain extra responsibility without the career and salary upgrade.
Arbeitsbedingungen
You'll get everything you need to do your job. Very top-of-the-line equipment to use and a full home office setup including everything you could wish for.
Gehalt/Sozialleistungen
You'll get a fair salary, nothing extraordinary, but it'll do. It will usually be on time, but not always the correct sum. Apart from salary, not much they offer.
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Immensely suffered during the two layoffs. Many of those that weren't laid off lost faith and left. A shell of it's former self. I've heard the term "a stain on your CV".
Karriere/Weiterbildung
Cost saving measures hit hard. No more spending unless "business critical".