Air 

Up 

Gmbh

Bewertungen

Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich

the product has real potential - most junior employees are very motivated.

Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich

The management culture is the core problem. Strategic decisions appear to be made within a very small circle around senior leadership, often without realistic market understanding. When those decisions fail, accountability rarely seems to reach the decision-makers themselves. Instead, the consequences are typically carried by employees further down the hierarchy.

Favoritism felt structural rather than occasional. Career progression, recognition, and job security appeared to depend heavily on proximity to senior leadership and internal alliances rather than consistent performance or contribution. Meanwhile, strong performers who did not engage in that dynamic were often sidelined or eventually left the company. Over time, this noticeably affected team quality and morale.

Employee development did not appear to be a genuine priority. Investment in training and professional growth was limited, and questions regarding employee rights or available support were often handled with little transparency or clarity.

There was also a significant disconnect between the company’s external messaging and internal priorities. Topics such as sustainability and values were communicated publicly in a way that did not reflect the internal reality many employees experienced.

Bullying and unprofessional behaviour were, in my experience, not addressed consistently. The culture appeared to protect individuals with strong connections to leadership, often at the expense of broader team wellbeing and trust.

Verbesserungsvorschläge

Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich

The ability to learn and test your ideas - competitive salary is important as we spend time, use our skills, and provide our expertise to ensure the best experience for our customers and fellow colleagues!

Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich

Nothing really. It's a scale up, I expected bumps along the road and continue to do so. If I want a settled job that never changes, has no challenges and is boring, I'd join coca-cola...

Verbesserungsvorschläge

Arbeitsatmosphäre

Rarely come across organisation with this many kind and yet driven people.

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We are still finding to ourselves when it comes to image. Air up a lot of fun and people with ideas they want to execute will strengthen this image. But a few years down the road, this will be more settled :)

Work-Life-Balance

If you join a scale up, expect longer hours. But you are encouraged to take care of your own schedule and workload should be communicated to your manager, if overwhelming.

Karriere/Weiterbildung

In your own hands. Air up encourages learning!

Kollegenzusammenhalt

Great atmosphere dispite remote first.

Umgang mit älteren Kollegen

Seems fair in all regards.

Vorgesetztenverhalten

Managers do their best to attend to their teamies. It's generally on a high level, but cannot judge for anyone in a 200+ people company.

Kommunikation

Generally on a high level, but also depends on the department. Some are not used to the amount of information shared and get overwhelmed with tools like Slack, Asana and others. The typical miscommunications happens. Generally transparency is high and decisions are attempted to be made clear to everyone.

Gehalt/Benefits

For a scale up, a competitive salary!

Gleichberechtigung

People are actively looking into making sure there is fair treatment irregardless of gender or the likes.

Interessante Aufgaben

Yes.

Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich

Innovativ, agil, jung, coole Möglichkeiten.

Verbesserungsvorschläge

Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich

I love having freedom to choose, having a team that really wants to support each other and is working on trust. The clear focus on delivering customer value and ability to make mistakes and share them openly to learn from it together, has been tremendous and something I have not experienced in any company I worked in during the years before air up.

Being able to work remotely (if not working with or on the product directly, in which case you of course must be physically present) is fantastic and not a given at all in todays world.

Verbesserungsvorschläge

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Only three stars, as unfortunately, there are still people out there who do not believe the product of air up actually works with just water creating a scent taste (I promise, it does!), and some (also longer term) employees have parted ways with the company voluntarily or involuntarily in the first month of 2024 for various reasons, which seem to air out their frustration partially on this platform and at times understandably so, but other times show a wrong picture.

Work-Life-Balance

It's left up to you for a large part to balance work and life and most managers advise their teamies and are being advised, to take your personal life serious and air up offers much flexibility for working hours.

Karriere/Weiterbildung

A lot is happening on the job and people eager to learn new things are appreciated very well by everyone here at air up and given great opportunities to grow.

Gehalt/Benefits

Actually, for a company that is only just 5 years old, the income is pretty competitive.

Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein

While we are a for-profit organization that is driven both by revenue and cost, there are many initiatives and values that are part of our DNA to consider our environment in everything we do.

Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich

You can work outside of Germany (in the EU) for 6 weeks per year, which is cool. They have very good retirement benefits. The salary is average for Munich but no cost of living increases, 13th month, or holiday pay. There is a good mix of male/female at all levels. The company does a lot to reduce its environmental impact. The office is in a good location and new. They have fun company and team events. The hierarchy is mostly flat. 40% off of products for employees, 20% off for friends and family. When a new product is launched, you get a free one.

Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich

Many of the company founders are upper management with little or no work experience before starting this company. As you would guess, they make a lot of bad decisions.

They've fired 50+ people so far this year without providing any legitimate reasons. When people are fired, there is no handover so you suddenly find yourself doing things you have no idea about. Of course, added responsibilities and work load do not earn you any more money, just more stress.

Someone tried to form a worker's Union and they fired around 10 people the very next day (very suspicious) and then had an All Hands about how unions are bad.

The company seems to be struggling financially and I wouldn't be surpised if they became insolvent before the end of 2024. Many big decisions are "gut feeling" not data-driven and this will be the end of the company

Verbesserungsvorschläge

Work-Life-Balance

They do not care about how many hours you have worked and it is not recorded

Karriere/Weiterbildung

There is no career progression. The only team that gets promoted is the Strategy team

Gehalt/Benefits

Salary is bad. No cost of living increases, even if you've worked there for years with good performance reviews

They provide 50 euro for Urban Sports and 50% refund for the Deutschland ticket.

Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein

They put a big focus on sustainability, until profits started to be affected, then they just stopped focusing on sustainability

Umgang mit älteren Kollegen

I think there are only 2 colleagues close to their pension, but they seem happy

Kommunikation

Improving, but still not very good

Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich

- spannede Aufgaben
- tolle Kollegen
- Kommunikation auf Augenhöhe
- moderner Arbeitsplatz incl. moderner Tools
- kein 0815 Standard, sondern sehr professionell

Verbesserungsvorschläge

Arbeitsatmosphäre

Ja, es gab in den letzten Monaten etwas Change, ich würde aber sagen, dass die Stimmung dennoch gut ist.

Work-Life-Balance

Ja, manchmal kommt es zu Überstunden, jedoch haben wir freitags einen no Meeting Day und somit kann man freitags auch mal früher in den Feierabend oder seine Überstunden an anderen Tagen ausgleichen.

Gehalt/Benefits

bAv, gutes Gehalt, Deutschlandticket, Urban Sports Club

Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein

Ich finde, wir könnten im Büro mehr auf Süßigkeiten verzichten ;)

Kollegenzusammenhalt

In meinem Team gut. Ich würde mir wünschen, dass man Abteilungsübergreifender mehr Berührungspunkte hat.

Vorgesetztenverhalten

Könnte mir keinen besseren Vorgesetzten wünschen, auch auf Geschäftsführerebene kann ich mich gut austauschen.

Arbeitsbedingungen

Ich habe alles was ich brauche, Kaffee, Frühstück, ein modernes Büro, Parkplätze und kostenfreie/vergünstigte Produkte

Kommunikation

All-Hands Meetings sind transparent gestaltet. Manchmal muss man sich viele Informationen selbst ziehen, wenn man etwas wissen möchte, z.B. Umsatzzahlen etc. Allerdings sind die Tools leicht zu verstehen, man muss aber wie gesagt aktiv sein.

Gleichberechtigung

Ich habe noch nie ein Unternehmen erlebt, in dem Gleichberechtigung so natürlich ist. Ich muss mir keine Gedanken machen, was ich morgens anziehe, wenn ich ins Büro gehe, weil ich weiß, niemand würde mich schief anschauen. Danke, dass die Kollegen einem die Gleichberechtigung so einfach machen.

Interessante Aufgaben

Ich bin unheimlich dankbar, was ich hier lernen darf und mit welchen Themen ich konfrontiert werde.

Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich

Home Office, relativ flexible Arbeitszeiten (Abhängig von Bereich und Terminkalender)

Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich

- Planerische Fehlentscheidungen auf dem Rücken der Belegschaft austragen
- Keinerlei Empathie bei Kündigungen
- Fehlbesetzungen/ Schulungsmangel im
mittleren Management

Verbesserungsvorschläge

Arbeitsatmosphäre

Die Stimmung im Unternehmen hat ihr neues Tief erreicht. Teils langjährige Mitarbeiter werden unerwartet und mit sofortiger Wirkung gekündigt, so dass sie sich nichtmal selbst von ihren Teams und Kollegen verabschieden können. Meist erfährt man nur durch Zufall davon, dass
ein Kollege/Kollegin plötzlich nicht mehr im Unternehmen ist. Übergaben sind so nicht möglich und die Verbleibenden müssen sehen wer nun der neue Ansprechpartner ist.

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Stark schwindend

Work-Life-Balance

Hoher Druck, in vielen Bereichen work overload, teils auch künstlich verursacht durch unrealistische Deadlines, die oft keinerlei Begründung haben, außer dass es die GF eben so will.

Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein

In die Nachhaltigkeit des Produkts wird tatsächlich viel investiert. Ob dies aus Überzeugung oder durch den Druck des Kundens und dem entsprechenden Marketingaspekt passiert, kann ich nicht wirklich sagen. Das Sozialbewusstsein ist wohl eher mangelhaft, wenn Mitarbeiter im Stil a la Elon Musk random gekündigt und sofort alle Unternehmenszugänge gekappt werden. Sehr enttäuschend. Da lernt man, dass man eben doch nur eine Ressource ist.

Karriere/Weiterbildung

Es werden lieber externe Mitarbeiter eingestellt, statt interne zu entwickeln. Gerne aus dem persönlichen Netzwerk der Führungsebene und nicht selten auch auf Kosten bestehender Mitarbeiter. Insbesondere beim Aufbau des Tech departments gab es hier m. E. einige sehr fragwürdige Entscheidungen

Kollegenzusammenhalt

Grundsätzlich gut, durch den Druck und die Angst vor Kündigung jedoch deutlich abnehmend. Im Zweifel kämpft eben doch jeder für sich selbst.

Vorgesetztenverhalten

Sehr viele Manager haben keine Ahnung von moderner Mitarbeiterführung, mangels Erfahrung, Weiterbildungsangeboten aber auch Eignung. Leider fällt sowas immer zu Lasten der Teams

Kommunikation

Wie vorangehend erwähnt mangelt es deutlich in Transparenz und Wertschätzung, während man seitens derGeschäftsführung nicht müde wird die tolle und offene Kommunikation im Unternehmen zu loben. Seitens Belegschaft, wie auch den letzten Bewertungen hier zu entnehmen ist, wird das nicht so empfunden.

Gehalt/Benefits

Fand ich durchaus überzeugend aber der neue Trend ist das Streichen dieser Benefits. Selbst das diesjährige Sommerfest wurde gestrichen. Hier spart man meiner Meinung nach am falschen Ende, da der persönliche Austausch zu einem solchen Anlass für eine remote-First-Company von großem Wert ist.
Auch erlaubt man sich Sonderzahlungen nur an eine definierte Gruppe von Mitarbeitern zu zahlen, was, unabhängig der Fairness, laut Gleichstellungsgesetz noch nicht einmal rechtens ist. Hier macht man sich wohl die Unwissenheit der meist jungen oder auch ausländischen Mitarbeiter zu nutzen.

Gleichberechtigung

Oberflächlich ja, sieht man genauer hin ist das doch leider nicht immer der Fall.

Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich

Working from home and USC. Some colleagues.

Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich

Being nice at the beginning, being super fake with smiles and seeming friendly. Putting someone in a role and not even being able to take the best out of them and having no idea what to do with them.

Verbesserungsvorschläge

Arbeitsatmosphäre

Gratitude not shown from the work or initiatives you have. Fear of being laid off any second randomly even if you are a great performer. No direction or clear expectations and a lot of incompetence and randomness in the strategy.

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On the outside it all looks great. On the inside not reflecting it.

Karriere/Weiterbildung

The most terrible thing about the company. There is no professional and relevant feedback provided, it seems like some performance rounds have to be given just for the sake of giving it without serving a purpose. You can be lead by people who don't have the proper skills to give you a complete performance review. You work as hard as you can, doing more than it's requested, just to be told later that this was actually what was expected and you don't get any raise or promotion. You get fooled by believing by continuing working hard and more you will achieve something but in the end you just get laid off.

Gehalt/Benefits

You start with a great salary, over the time, even with the inflation, no raise happens and they put it down as something hard to get, compared to other companies that do much better.

Kollegenzusammenhalt

Some people are great to work with, they have a lot of competence, talent and genuine enthusiasm to work on some projects.

Vorgesetztenverhalten

Some leaders do their best and seem to be put on a difficult position where they can't help themselves much due to the upper management. In general, there should be more training on leading and watch out carefully that they have certain skills in order to provide professional and relevant feedback to their employees.
The worst part is that you can't provide performance feedback to your managers, how is this even possible? You get it from them but can't give it back, it doesn't make sense.

Kommunikation

Not a lot of honesty, people hiding or avoiding certain topics and the next day you are just laid off.

Interessante Aufgaben

Depends on the team you work for.

Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich

Remote work, great colleagues

Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich

Not acting according their own values anymore. On your career page you say,
that your employees are your most precious capital. It really does not feel like that anymore.

Verbesserungsvorschläge

Arbeitsatmosphäre

The spirit within the company changed drastically in the last two years. They tried to be hip and fancy, but this did not hold for long. Now, benefits get killed again and plenty of people get layed off. It does not feel like an appreciative and safe place to work anymore.

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Shiny on the outside, but it stops there…

Work-Life-Balance

The pressure is extremely high, and although each and everyone is going above and beyond to meet the expectations, it is never rewarded. In every all hands meeting, we are just told, that it is only on us, to improve the current performance. It is never talked about the poor management decisions, that also brought us into this situation in the first place. Shit happens and you learn from your mistakes, but the blame game, especially from the C-level, is big and very demotivating.

Karriere/Weiterbildung

They rather higher someone new from there awesome „network“ instead of supporting and developing people that are already doing this job for years. We have a yearly training budget, which just was put on hold.

Gehalt/Benefits

They just introduced carrier lathers with salary ranges per function. They also support a pension plan and sport clubs etc. Let‘s see if there will be any cuts on this too.
We did not get any inflation support payments, like many other companies did, based on the tax free payments the government offered.

Kollegenzusammenhalt

There are amazing people working for air up and it is always very collaborative to work with peers. I never worked in a company before, were the intrinsic motivation and passion of employees was so high.
Unfortunately, this great work spirit is heavily impacted by the awful decisions and actions from the middle, but especially upper management.

Umgang mit älteren Kollegen

Generally a very young team, amongst all departments, but I never experienced any difference in how older colleagues are treated

Vorgesetztenverhalten

This depends a lot on the team. There are great leaders, such that try their best but just miss some experience and others, that are just not leaders at all. They should train their managers and define some standards and guidelines. Generally speaking, micromanagement is big at air up, and got way worse in the last two years.

Kommunikation

There is a lot of communication going on, and management was always praising them self for their great transparency. This might have been the case as long as everything was good. As numbers are not as good as expected, they are quick to cut their open communication amongst all teamies. Especially the way how they communicate, misses the respect for the people working for air up and giving their all since many years. People just get a random call, where they are told that they are released, and they are logged off all company systems right after. You don’t even have the chance to say bye to your colleagues.

Interessante Aufgaben

In theory, there a many very interesting and challenging positions at air up. With the level of micromanagement we face from managers, there unfortunately is not much left. But of course you are still responsible in case of a *uck up, although your manager took all the decisions for you

Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich

Flexibilität - Transparenz- Offenbarkeit - Atmosphäre -

Verbesserungsvorschläge

Arbeitsatmosphäre

Im Büro sind alle Mitarbeiter positiv, der Unternehmen schätzt viel die Mitarbeitern, und man sieht es in der Arbeit.

Kommunikation

Die Kommunikation in dem Bereich indem man arbeitet ist sehr gut, aber wenn man mit andere Abteile kommunizieren muss, ist manchmal kompliziert entweder eine Kontaktperson zu finden.