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29 Mitarbeiter:innen haben diesen Arbeitgeber mit durchschnittlich 2,7 Punkten auf einer Skala von 1 bis 5 bewertet.
Eine Entlassungswelle jagt die Nächste. Die Prozesse ziehen sich oft über viele Monate und man versucht, die Mitarbeiter währenddessen rauszuekeln.
Dazu fehlt jegliche Transparenz - immerhin gibt es einen guten Betriebsrat
Den Zeitraum bis Herbst 2023.
Nicht mehr in das durchaus gute Produkt zu investieren. Es ist erschreckend, wie ahnungslos einige Führungskräfte sind.
Derzeit wird alles Mitarbeiter freundliche gestrichen. Remote Arbeit nur noch maximal drei Tage die Woche, keine Sommerfeste, keine Winter/Weihnachtsfeste. Es gab Massenentlassung und eine Top Downmentalität die sehr toxisch ist.
Übernimmt nicht alles aus den USA. Werft euren guten Mitarbeitern nicht noch Knüppel zwischen die Beine.
Hört auf die Mitarbeiter, die im Kundenkontakt sind.
Untereinander im eigenen Team ist es unfassbar angenehm. Die Führungskräfte sind jedoch eine einzige Katastrophe und völlig überfordert.
War mal deutlich besser.
Aus 100 % Remote. Was so abgesprochen war, wird nun hybrides arbeiten mit zweimal die Woche im Büro.
Angeblich, weil sich dies von so vielen Mitarbeitern gewünscht wurde, doch dies ist eine Lüge. Man folgt nur den großen Tag Unternehmen und versucht alles schlechter aus den USA zu kopieren.
Seit circa anderthalb Jahren nicht mehr vorhanden
Das Team hält zusammen
Von der besten Vorgesetzten, die man jemals hatte, blieb nach Entlassungen nichts mehr übrig. Die neue Führungskraft (die diesen Job offensichtlich noch nie vorher ausgeübt hat) ist komplett überfordert widerspricht sich in jedem zweiten Satz und obwohl ich kein abgeschlossene Psychologie Studium habe, wirkt es so, als hätte er diese Person borderline
Für ein Unternehmen, das mit Sprachenlernen zu tun hat, sollte die Kommunikation eigentlich gut sein. Das Gegenteil ist leider der Fall.
The only good thing were my colleagues.
If you’re looking for a workplace that truly values and supports its employees, you might want to think twice.
Show genuine appreciation for employees, not just empty words. Treat them with respect, not like school children.
Improve communication and make decisions more transparent.
Provide real career growth opportunities.
No appreciation coming towards the employees. You need to do as you are being told otherwise they will come after you.
Colleagues were mostly nice and supportive
More and more top-down approach. Chaotic. Woco unfortunately cannot help.
Intransparent, partially non-existent and misleading information
It's much lower compared to other Berlin tech companies.
Die Arbeitsweise ist sowohl gut als auch schlecht zugleich: Der Arbeitgeber gibt den Angestellten viel Freiheit bezüglich der Arbeitszeiten und -orte, was durchaus praktisch sein kann. Ich glaube jedoch, dass viele dadurch ihren Job nicht richtig erledigen.
Das höhere Management scheint keine Verantwortung für die misslungene Verwaltung zu übernehmen. Es gibt auch keinen klaren Plan für die Entwicklung der App – stattdessen werden Wettbewerber-Apps kopiert, anstatt auf empirische Daten und Nutzerfeedback zu basieren.
Wie im Titel: Die weitgehende Amerikanisierung des Unternehmens bringt es nicht weiter. Es wird zu wenig Wert auf das Geleistete/Erschaffene gelegt, sondern auf das, was man sieht. Wenn jemand also so tut, als ob sie ständig beschäftigt wären, wird diese Person eher befördert als jemand, der weniger sozial aktiv ist, aber tatsächlich konzentriert seine Aufgaben erfüllt.
Das Unternehmen wurde einige Zeit lang falsch verwaltet und scheint deshalb in finanzielle Probleme geraten zu sein. Ich hoffe, dass in Zukunft mehr darauf geachtet wird, Effizienz zu prüfen und zu belohnen, anstatt viel Geld für unfähiges Management zu bezahlen.
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Home Office, Jobbatical und Sabbatical möglich
wird reichlich angeboten, wenn man Interesse daran hat
man verdient leicht unter dem Marktdurchnitt; es gibt keine weiteren Zusatzleistungen wie betriebliche Altersvorsorge etc.
wäre noch besser, wenn die einzelnen Teams Budget für Teamsevent hätten
in meinem Team - sehr gut! aber man weißt ja, das Team Leads unterschiedlich sind
ordentlich ausgestattenes Büro, aber nichts besonderes
lässt zu wünschen übrig
variieren stark nach den Aufgaben in den jeweiligen Teams
I have always felt respected and there is a huge sense of community for many different types of people. Babbel doesnt let it end there, i can see they try to adapt to do things better
salary grid isnt really up to paar for many, and i am assuming tech may also feel that way
Best part about Babbel, people from all over the world
other best part, remote working (within Germany) or up to 3 months in EU. Office available if need but not required
i started in customer service and was able to build a career in PR after shadowing and continuously showing my interest. i do know this isnt everyone experience at Babbel but it did for me
I have seen people in my field that get paid slightly higher or have other monetary benefits that i dont have
things have certainly changed, it feels a lil more unstable or at least its the anxiety speaking
not always but in my current role - yes
Management has a lot of conflicts, it is obvious they do not know what they are doing.
Shifting the strategy too often.
Poor people management skills.
People that are lacking interpersonal communication skills being prompted to managers.
Bad atmosphere.
On a positive note, some people in the company are very interested in making Babbel a better employer. At Babbel, at least at the moment, you have a relaxed job and a lot of freedom.
What's currently nice and easy going will change in the future because the company is unfortunately going downhill, not least because of the lack of technical innovations, bad leadership and skilled people leaving the company.
Increasingly American, a lot of blah but without much behind it. Unfortunately, there is also increasingly more toxic positivity and empty promises, but still a really good employer, compared to other companies, where everyone can feel comfortable and safe, even if they are not cis-white.
It's okay. Some people will talk positively, some negatively, depending on their position and experience.
Perfect, you can have a 20h week while having a full time contract ;)
Expect to not have a career. The company is cutting costs.
The salary isn't competitive at all. It's okay to have a lower salary when the company provides lot's of potential to grow within, learn and have a chill life, but it's not the case (anymore).
It's okay, but still better than other companies.
Many colleagues have mentally resigned/quietly quitted and are sick more often than they work. Little to no motivation to get involved or tackle new challenges.
Great, nothing to add here.
Leadership is not really qualified. There are a few who have a lot on their plate, the rest just talk. More and more decisions are being made that have a strategically negative impact on the company and the culture.
Great, nothing to add here. You can work from everywhere in Germany, or up to 3 month remotely in the EU.
As in many companies, communication here is unfortunately weak, very American (there is a lot of beating around the bush) and few clear statements. Plus, everything is constantly changing.
Honestly a great employer when it comes to equality.
Don't expect to work on interesting topics. Innovation is completely missing in many areas, strategies are outdated and new ideas are rejected by leadership because they are often not even understood.
Remote work options in Germany only
Low pay compared to companies of same size
0% salary increases during inflation times
Salaries for every employee, as well as all salary grids should be automatically adjusted for inflation. Every employee irrespective of income should get a subsidized public transport ticket (as the company advertises this as benefit).
No public transport tickets for all employees. Discrimination of public transport benefits based on salary.
Remote work
Flexible Hours
Not much stress
No growth
Bad team leaders
Train your team leaders to be real leaders!!!!
Remote work or in the office
Without empathy and care
A lot of meetings for nothing, just wasting time
Just boring stuff, no challenges at all
I got fired 5 months 1/2 within my probation period 2 days before Christmas, based on feedback that was discriminatory and contained straight-up lies. Before getting let go I reached out the works council and DEI to get help managing the situation with my manager. They had one conversation with my manager without me in it and did not follow up on anything afterwards. You have no idea how traumatizing this whole experience was for me.
Invest in your infrastructure, you have over 1000 employees! Make DEI trainings compulsory for everyone and hold everyone accountable to the same standards. Also train your line managers! None of them is even remotely fit to lead people, this is on you!
People don't know how to work in the hybrid setup Babbel has in place or how to work efficiently as Babbel has zero infrastructure and offers zero guidance on how to collaborate. I felt pressured by my manager to go into the office and attend pointless meeting after pointless meeting simply because he did not know how to do otherwise. Most people at Babbel are very nice though.
Babbel has good DEI PR but is very performative.
I mean, sure, it's fine.
Babbel is a vegetarian company which I find very good on paper. However it is not strictly enforced and I've seen teams still ordering meals with meat on Babbel's dime so what's the point.
When I was there my manager was still building the career paths for our team so who knows, maybe it's good now. But at the time I really didn't have the visibility over what's possible for me at Babbel.
I guess there's worse.
Babbel is very chaotic, processes are non-existent and docs are all over the place; most people don't know where to find things or what exists. DEI trainings are not mandatory which creates a situation where everyone has different standards of what behavior is acceptable or not and no one is being held accountable for anything.
I feel like Babbel looks good on paper but is in reality not very generous with their employees. During my time there they readjusted salaries without really saying against what metrics and did not want to release their salary grids so it really makes you wonder what kind of salary gaps exist between employees. Limiting the BVG pass coverage to people living more than 5km away from the office is also very ableist.
I hadn't seen such overtly sexist behaviour in a while. Female and non-binary employees are definitely held to a different standard than men at Babbel in terms of behavior. Mind you, I'm neurodivergent on top of being non-binary and got double-bullied for it.
I did get to learn a lot at Babbel, the product is very interesting and the company has a proper UX culture.
So verdient kununu Geld.