Arbeitsatmosphäre

Professional and fast paced with a flat and transparent structure in project teams. Decision making process is fast and your concerns or comments are taken into account as a project team member. Feedback is always provided. You can request to join one of the many projects that matches your preference.

Vorgesetztenverhalten

Friendly and to the point while maintaining the focus on objectives and results. Open to answering your questions and hearing feedback.

Kollegenzusammenhalt

Colleagues are professional and supportive.

Interessante Aufgaben

As a consultant you will have influence on the design and the outcome of the projects.
As an employee you have the freedom to plan your tasks based on work scope.

Kommunikation

Clear communication with project teams from administration. There is room for improvement in collaboration between teams.

Gleichberechtigung

Employees are treated equally.

Umgang mit älteren Kollegen

Senior colleagues are caring and put effort into helping others with their questions. I found solution to technical issues with their help on numerous occasions.

Karriere / Weiterbildung

Taking training is supported. In-house training is also available. You will have to use many interesting technologies and methods in each project which will count towards your work experience.

Lots of technologies from market leaders in cloud and data analytics are used in projects and offered to customers. Learning a new tool and getting certified is encouraged.

Offers in-house German language training for free.

Could be improved by offering training for soft skills and advice on carrier path.

Gehalt / Sozialleistungen

Salaries are paid on time and comparable to market in lower band of the average.

Arbeitsbedingungen

Open office concept with breakout areas and a big kitchen. Overall, Cologne office is calm and spacious.

Work-Life-Balance

Remote working and flexible working hours are welcome if it doesn't impact project's progress. Lots of fun activities for employees are planned.

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Has a good image (its family like atmosphere is nice).

Verbesserungsvorschläge

• Soft skill development trainings can help employees with team collaboration difficulties and their career path. Increase in base salary will help to stay competitive in job market.

Pro

has a potential for growth and the courage to make it happen.
Family like atmosphere that creates a pleasant environment for employees.

Contra

Nothing that can't be improved or changed for better in areto.

Arbeitsatmosphäre

The working atmosphere is awesome here. In general, there is positive morale among colleagues and promotes learning constantly. Working space is clean, bright and spacious with interesting designs. There are open desks great for team collaboration as well as for productive work individually.

Vorgesetztenverhalten

areto implement the agile project development method SCRUM, which sometimes makes the admins direct "supervisors", especially when working on internal projects. No matter how busy they are, supervisors care about the team progresses. If questions are brought to the table, they will respond in a timely manner and help you with them. If a problem arises that is too complex, meetings will be set up where the team and the supervisor will review the problem and give directions to solve the issue.

Kollegenzusammenhalt

areto truly is the best in terms of colleague relationships. Family value is emphasized here, they want to make sure that everyone feels included. Upon my arrival at the company, I was greeted with warm welcomes and get to enjoy new learning and cultural experiences. There are always interesting team building events where they help new colleagues to settle in, have fun and grow together.

Interessante Aufgaben

Projects are interesting and a bit challenging to work on especially when you have little experience in DWH related topics. The work requires you to constantly learning a new tool or skillset in the industry and apply problem-solving skills. In the end, the more challenging it gets the more rewarding you will feel.

Kommunikation

All communications between colleagues and supervisors are open and honest. Majority of the employees here speaks great English, hence it is easy to ask for help when encountering problems whether it is work or life related. Yet it is frustrating sometimes, as a German learner, to comprehend meeting contents/trainings when it is done in German, which is totally understandable since communicating technical details is hard when using a second language. It is always good to ask for summaries and clarifications after the meeting.

Gleichberechtigung

areto has a diverse and inclusive environment with no discrimination base on gender, sexuality, ethnicity.

Umgang mit älteren Kollegen

areto is very youthful, even the older colleagues, plus they are nice and helpful.

Karriere / Weiterbildung

- offers training and learning oppoturnities, awesome learning environment
- will be nice if there are more English contents for the Academy though

Gehalt / Sozialleistungen

- flexible working hours
- health care
- free and great German class for beginners
and a lot more :)

Arbeitsbedingungen

Very good as described in working atmosphere and equal rights section.

Umwelt- / Sozialbewusstsein

The workspace is mostly sustainable (with greens & little single-use plastics). areto also actively participate in charity events.

Work-Life-Balance

areto offers great work-life balance. Working time is flexible, which generates a positive momentum where you can allocate time for yourself to rest and be more productive at work.

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- modern, friendly and professional

Verbesserungsvorschläge

• Invest more on applications that can help boost productivity on projects even when they might require licensing. Everything else is great.

Pro

Everything listed in fields above

Contra

Not so much for now

Arbeitsatmosphäre

Toss of a coin. The project roulette can randomly rip people out of projects or assign them to new ones, independent of team fit or experience. Roles are not always clearly communicated. This can lead to tense working situations and immense frustration even amongst team and department leads.

Vorgesetztenverhalten

Decisions are centralised. Talk is cheap here, don't expect to get what you're promised. Oftentimes decisions feel like superiors don't know about the strengths, weaknesses or wishes of their employees. Micromanagement is a real issue.

Kollegenzusammenhalt

It feels like the administration and the consultants are separate branches. Inside them co-operation between colleagues is extremely well. The most frequent interaction between them, however, are assignments from the former to the latter.

Interessante Aufgaben

You might work on a customer project you find interesting or uninteresting. You might work on something no one will ever use. You might sit on your hands for several months. The administration decides.

Kommunikation

There are attempts to communicate. Messages about the same topic differ significantly depending on the recipient.

Gleichberechtigung

You better speak German, or you'll have a hard time to get a project.

Umgang mit älteren Kollegen

Most older new hires for consultancy leave rather quickly. The majority of the employees are junior.

Karriere / Weiterbildung

Training is random. The lack of hierarchy and micromanagement from the top make lead positions meaningless.

Gehalt / Sozialleistungen

Way below what you can get elsewhere in the sector for less and easier work.

Umwelt- / Sozialbewusstsein

Travel by train is encouraged, but sometimes flying is more feasible. It's a general issue of consulting.

Work-Life-Balance

It's worse than in other companies in the same market segment, i.e. you might travel more. You might either crumble under the workload or be bored. It's as predictable as a coin toss.

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Was good, but is declining.

Verbesserungsvorschläge

• listen to your employees and know their actual market value
• trust your team and department leads
• stop micromanaging

Pro

- colleagues

Contra

- micromanagement