kununu Prüfprozess
52 Mitarbeiter:innen haben diesen Arbeitgeber mit durchschnittlich 3,5 Punkten auf einer Skala von 1 bis 5 bewertet.
Man muss zugeben, dass Appsfactory konsequent sehr besondere Menschen auswählt. Ich habe hier viele kluge, fleißige, loyale und nette Leute getroffen.
Momentan sieht es so aus, als würde sich die GL um die Belegschaft in DE nicht mehr kümmern und den Headcount absichtlich senken, um stattdessen neue near-shore Standorte aufzubauen.
Meiner Meinung nach sind die aktuellen Ereignisse geprägt von viel Manipulation, Intransparenz und Machtdemonstrationen sowie internen Machtspielen, was sich stark auf die MA auswirkt.
Ressourcen besser planen. Es ist sinnlos, wenn manche durch mehrere gleichzeitige Projekte überlastet sind und Aufgaben nicht abgeben können, obwohl sie es möchten, während andere gleichzeitig auf dem Bench sitzen. Offenbar verhindert das System zur Ressourcensteuerung hier eine sinnvolle Verteilung.
Die Einstellung gegenüber den MA ändern, das sind letztendlich die Menschen, die für den Erfolg verantwortlich sind.
Appsfactory ist aktuell (Sommer 2026) eine Firma in der Krise. Es geht mir aber nicht um die geringere Projektauslastung und verlorene Kunden, sondern um die Tatsache, dass die Geschäftsleitung das Verhältnis zu den Mitarbeitern schwer beschädigt hat. Aus einer Firma, die noch vor ein paar Jahren locker Kununu-Abzeichen bekommen hat und auf die die MA stolz sein konnten, ist eine Firma geworden, die ihre MA harsch behandelt und sie ziemlich gnadenlos entlässt. Gehaltserhöhungen wurden komplett gestrichen, es wurde ein zusätzlicher Büropflichttag eingeführt, und gleichzeitig wurden alle kleinen Annehmlichkeiten im Büro gestrichen. Die Quiet-Firing Strategie wurde schnell zu einer Entlassungswelle, die in Salamitaktik jeden Monat ein paar Menschen erwischt und den Rest erschüttert und in Angst zurücklässt. Eine sehr traurige Entwicklung!
Image war immer eine große Stärke der Firma. Nun fängt es an zu bröckeln, weil es einfach nicht mehr der Realität entspricht. Es wurde z. B. immer betont, dass die Jobsicherheit für die GL oberste Priorität habe, diesen Satz hat man ständig gehört. In genau der Woche, in der diese Zusicherungen erneut gemacht wurden, wurden mehrere Menschen ohne Vorwarnung entlassen. Wie das Image der Firma nach außen wirkt, weiß ich nicht, aber intern hat das dem Vertrauen der MA erheblichen Schaden zugefügt.
Wird durch die schrittweise Streichung der Homeoffice-Möglichkeiten immer schlechter.
Es wird das eine für die Entwicklung geplant, am Ende passiert aber etwas ganz anderes, weil laufende Projekte und Deadlines den Alltag bestimmen.
Man musste sich beweisen und aktiv darum kümmern, um eine Gehaltserhöhung zu bekommen. Jetzt wurde das sowieso komplett gestrichen. Diejenigen, die sich bemüht haben, konnten einen Deutschlandticket oder Kita-Zuschuss bekommen, das passiert aber auf keinen Fall pauschal.
Außer ein paar kleinen Initiativen, die MA selbst gestartet haben, sehe ich keine offizielle Strategie, die Umwelt- oder Sozialbewusstsein zeigen würde (zu offensichtlichen Sachen wie Mülltrennung ist man ja sowieso verpflichtet).
Hier muss man einen deutlichen Pluspunkt vergeben. Die Kollegen halten eng zusammen und kümmern sich umeinander.
Es gibt kaum ältere Kolleginnen und Kollegen, was eigentlich auch schon ein Zeichen ist.
Immer wieder kommt es in der Kommunikation mit den MA zu kleinen Ausrastern, die zeigen, dass die GL die MA leider als ahnungslos, verwöhnt und anspruchsvoll betrachtet. Dabei handelt es sich um Menschen, die seit Jahren für die Firma arbeiten und zu ihrem Erfolg beigetragen haben. Seit Jahren hören sie aber, dass Gehaltserhöhungen gar nicht oder nur minimal möglich sind, und müssen selbst die enorm gestiegenen Lebenshaltungskosten allein tragen. Ich bin mir sicher, dass es auch in schwierigen Zeiten etwas empathischer und weniger herablassend gehen würde.
Drei Tage Büropflicht, wobei die Anwesenheit in einem Büro kontrolliert wird. In Leipzig ist im Sommer zu heiß und im Winter zu kalt ist. Mehrere Personen pro Raum, bei Calls flüchten die MA in den Flur, wo die wenigen Plätze auch schnell besetzt sind. Die Büropflicht wurde mit dem Argument eingeführt, dass sich die Menschen austauschen sollen. Dabei kommt es oft vor, dass sich keine andere Person aus dem Team am gleichen Standort befindet, trotzdem muss man aus dem Büro arbeiten. Meiner Meinung nach ziemlich sinnlos.
Offiziell wird die Geschichte erzählt, die am besten zum Image passt, im Hintergrund wird nach dem Motto „koste es, was es wolle" jedes Mittel eingesetzt, um den Willen der GL durchzusetzen. Die Kommunikation wird als „transparent" bezeichnet, kommt aber eigentlich immer erst nach den Ereignissen, sodass ohnehin schon mehrere über den Flurfunk davon erfahren haben.
Stark männlich geprägtes Team, die wenigen Frauen können dort ihr volles Potenzial nicht entfalten, da sie sich an die harte, ambitionierte Kultur anpassen müssen.
Die Firma hat viele unterschiedliche Kunden, leider kämpfen viele Projekte mit den Budgets, was sich negativ auf die Aufgaben und Auslastung auswirkt.
Spannende Projekte und sicherer Arbeitsplatz
Bessere Kommunikation in der Öffentlichkeit
Es gibt eine interne Academy mit Leadership Trainings, Konferenzen, Lunch und Learnings, etc. Schwerpunkt sind aber Zertifikate
Es gibt Mülltrennung, ISO 14001, etc. aber steht nicht so im Unternehmensfokus
Die Projektteams gehen zusammen durch dick und dünn
Einige Kollegen sind schon über 50 und trotzdem stark integriert
Man arbeitet für Top Unternehmen wie BMW, Mercedes, VW, Ottobock, Targobank, etc.
Vielen Dank für das positive Feedback, wir freuen uns auf die weitere Zusammenarbeit!
Beste Grüße
Isabel
Everything is relatively up to date, even if it could be better.
If you honestly express your opinion and stand by it, you quickly find yourself on the chopping block. People are being laid off and locations are being opened elsewhere. Many are currently afraid for their jobs.
Existing employees should be treated with the same consideration as those who are being considered for new positions. Once you are in, you quickly realize that you are just a number.
spannende Projekte mit einem relevanten Impact in der Gesellschaft
Depending on the project, it's not that bad overall, but not really positive either.
- Codebase is great on most projects
- Most peers are nice and fun
- German courses at a certain school can be paid by the company (but the new rules make it harder to apply for it)
- If you are lucky, there are some cool projects to work on
- Still a lot of international folks in the dev department
- Using the crisis as an excuse, it feels like the company tries to save money on everything they can: no more money for team events, downgrade from Slack to Google Chat, no licenses for the software you actually need in your work. It all comes down as an understanding that things are getting worse
- Random single-day firing of people, so I always had a feeling I could be next
- Return to office policy did no good in my opinion: most of the meetings are online anyway, as we're working from different cities, managers aren't there a lot of time anyway, and lunches are not paid or even subsidised by the company, so it's just a waste of time and money for the employees
- Noticeable border between non-German developers and everybody else
If you want to save money on something, save it by making the office smaller and returning to work from home policy
It got much worse during the last years
Introduction of office days made it much worse
Salary will be good only if you managed to negotiate it from the beginning. Almost no bonuses apart from the sport subscription and a bike lease
Not much apart from sorting garbage
If you like working from the office, it'll be good, but it can also be noisy during the office days
The communication between peers is usually very good, but gets worse the higher you go
Almost no women, non-whites or LGBTQ-people in managing roles
Heavily depends on the project, but I'm lucky to have them
everything except management
methods and decisions of CEO and Director of HR, too much micromanagement.
be more transparent and talk to the people in your company
stressful, unthankful and only project managers get appreciated and get bonuses. everyone else just has to do his/her job
Investing more money in image, than in their staff
too short sighted and disrespectful.
disgusting. managers and project managers don't ask, they just demand.
instransparent. they always blame the bad economy or our workers, but never themselves
bad salary and no chance to increase it, because the internal statistics are wrong. management is trying to measure progress, but the
everyone gets treated equally bad, except for managers. after some years of experience, I noticed that the goal isn't to have top talent, but only top managers and cheap work force.
So if you are a developer, you will get treated as bad as everyone else, who isn't a stakeholder
there were interesting projects, some years ago, but nowadays there is either no time, no budget or unrealistic demands for projects
Appsfactory is an up-and-coming company that is mastering the challenges of growth. A lot is being done to become more professional. New jobs are being created – not enough, but they exist for now. Young talent is being promoted and opportunities for further development are also being sought for senior positions. Risks are quickly identified and responded to. Appsfactory is doing a lot right. I like that there is an office policy. I find it much more efficient when you can talk to people on site and don't have to constantly wait for chat messages to be answered.
Some managers are resistant to criticism. People are increasingly leaving the same departments, and the blame is being placed on several parties, but no one ever questions themselves. This is a shame, as it means a lot of potential is being lost.
Management communication could also be improved slightly. A lot is shared in all-hands meetings, but projects are kept secret for too long, even though the office grapevine has long been aware of them, which creates unnecessary distance between management and employees. I do feel that management always strives to keep all employees well informed, but sometimes they go about it in a somewhat clumsy manner.
The HR team is often mentioned here. I think there is a lot of criticism that is not always entirely justified. I feel that they consider us employees to be important and that they do try to support us as best they can. But it is definitely true that there is a glass wall between them and their colleagues.
I can't remember a time when an HR colleague actively joined us for lunch. Of course, everyone can do whatever they want in their own break, but we always sit together in a mixed group at lunchtime, so why do they separate themselves from us? I think they try to appear very professional, but that makes them seem cold and unapproachable as a department. That's very sad, because when you do have contact with individuals, they are very supportive and friendly.
As a ‘normal’ developer, designer or QA employee, this can be easily arranged. For everyone else, the following applies: More work, less life.
Further training must be sought by the employee themselves, otherwise nothing will happen. In principle, this is a fair system, but it disadvantages employees for whom there are not much professional opportunities on the market.
Salary depends heavily on the department. From a personal feeling I would say developers have a market-specific salary, while administrative staff earn below the local average. Salary increases are weighed more carefully, which is a positive development, as underperformers are no longer rewarded for poor performance.
However, salary increases are capped at a percentage, which only widens the salary gap between higher and lower earners and does not show appreciation for lower earners.
No special attention is paid to it, but we aren't wastefully either.
Recruitment is extremely well tailored to human needs. You can rely on these colleagues. But there are a few exceptions who want to elbow their way into the limelight.
No distinction is made based on a colleague's age. Everyone is treated equally.
We have good leaders but they are very busy.
Sometimes very large rooms where colleagues do not leave for meetings, which keeps the noise level high. Otherwise, the facilities are excellent
There are only four women in leadership positions. With 450 employees, this is almost embarrassing. Salary differences are also noticeable but are ignored by the management team.
Follow tech on the edge. Eager to learn more. #WeGetItDone.
Sometimes old and messy project handovers from other companies, but hey, they are not Appsfactory
Maybe more interesting and long term projects
Dear Appsfactorian,
Thanks a lot for your positive review - looking forward to many more successful projects with you!
Best regards
Isabel
Interesting projects.
People are treated based on their nationalities. Even if you are billable and getting lot of money for company there is never a fair raise. Trainings or career plan is not there.
Give fair raise to foreigners. Do not use German language as argument. Stop buying more companies and take care of what you have first. Coming to office and only doing remote meetings does not worth at all please think about it again.
Run behind Money even though you might die while running
Very shiny from outside, completely disaster inside
Depends on the project
Cost cutting so no training
No raise only complains from HR on useless topics
Never saw anything
Good
No issue
Not good
Working from office in 2025. With room full of people who all are doing different remote meetings. Who on earth came up with this idea.
Depends on the level but C level is really worst
If you are a foreigner do not expect raise
Work life balance is good. Few projects are also good.
Since they don't have any projects now, they are creating trouble for everyone so that people leave on their own. In yearly review my lead had 7 positive and 1 negative feedback (to which i replied with a reason and he agreed to it) but they still noted down the negative one to not give any raise. and if they wont find anything against you they'll hide themselves behind German language. ZERO BENEFITS. ZERO APPRECIATION. ZERO BONUSES. Typical third world business.
1. Listen and trust your people.
2. Treat human as human
3. Give fair compensation
4. Dont hide yourself behind baseless/bogus reviews
5. Be more reasonable
Thank you for your feedback. I understand your disappointment regarding your salary adjustment this year. While I recognize that your expectations were not met, I would like to address some points you raised.
In economically challenging times, safeguarding jobs is our TOP priority. This may lead to more conservative salary adjustments than usual. However, our compensation remains competitive and meets or exceeds industry benchmarks in Germany. Salary increases are determined by individual performance and contributions, which is standard practice across most companies.
Besides of salary adjustments, more general conditions can be discussed and adjusted during annual Staff Appraisals - e.g. individual trainings and benefits. More in detail: We are committed to the professional development of our team members. Our internal training academy offers several opportunities (in 2024 we invested in >450 trainings) for ongoing education and skill enhancement. We also provide benefits like job bikes, gym memberships, workation options, kindergarten subsidies, and regular team events.
At Appsfactory we hire the best of the best. Of course we trust and listen to our Appsfactorians. Just to mention a few examples:
- Extensive Q&A sessions with our CxOs as part of every All-Hands meeting
- Continuous monitoring, analyzing and answering of feedback through our internal feedback tool Workleap Officevibe
- Annual employee survey to gather comprehensive feedback
In the last All-Hands meeting, our management shared extensive background information, also regarding some new projects, and answered questions – perhaps you missed it. Feel free to catch up and watch the recording, which you can find in our Confluence. If any questions remain or you need further discussion, please feel free to come directly to me, and let's talk in person.
Kind regards
Isabel
So verdient kununu Geld.