Sadly, cannot recommend anymore.
Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich
- Work from Home
- Gaming
- Young and friendly team
Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich
- No opportunities for development or career progression.
- Systematic underappreciation of employees
Verbesserungsvorschläge
- I see the need to check on managers integrity and agendas.
- Efforts should be made to regain employees' trust to better understand what is actually happening within the teams.
- Clear development plans should be established, outlining when and why promotions occur.
Arbeitsatmosphäre
I would have wholeheartedly recommended working here, but things have changed.
Effort and passion go unappreciated. In just a few months, several employees have left, motivated individuals have been dismissed, and most remaining employees are dissatisfied, burnt out, and actively seeking new jobs.
Management denise responsibility and keeps the employees small and avoid raising their salaries. Hard work goes unnoticed.
Work-Life-Balance
Originally, the work-life balance was fantastic, with up to 95% work-from-home flexibility. I heard that after the major layoff in 2023, employees were expected to handle the same workload in smaller teams and have continued to do so without any title changes or pay raises. There has been a lot of overtime and frequent business trips during the busiest months, but there is downtime during the winter.
Karriere/Weiterbildung
Unfortunately, career growth is just not possible here. Most employees start as juniors and remain in their positions for over three plus years. Recently, many people who left did so for related reasons.
Managers have expressed not wanting to take responsibility for employees' growth. My impression was that skills and importance of tasks was deliberately undermined over long periods of time. I continuously requested to learn a specific task-related skill and take on more responsibilities, but I was denied that opportunity without a clear reason.
I also heard from colleagues that some managers promised raises and title changes to them, only for them to be denied by the Korean HQ at the end of the year.
Existing employees are simply not appreciated here.
Kollegenzusammenhalt
Amazing colleagues who are young, funny, and friendly. After-work meetups and team events were fantastic—I couldn't have hoped for a better team.
Vorgesetztenverhalten
The CEO has less of a connection to the teams and individual employees and tends to go along with whatever the managers say. I found that he is swayed by their opinions without understanding what the rest of the company clearly knows is happening internally. Some individuals are widely recognized within the teams as part of the problem, but nothing changes.
It took years of employee complaints and resignations to finally prompt the CEO to take action and fire one manager.
Kommunikation
Weekly meetings and updates, as well as communication via chat, were good. However, I learned my lessen to get everything in writing and avoid taking phone calls.
Communication from employees to the CEO is filtered through the managers, leading to a distorted understanding of the team, tasks, and problems. While the communication is friendly in general, employees shy away from reporting issues directly to the CEO because they fear negative repercussions and doubt he would believe them.
Often, I was not informed by the manager about changes that directly affected my work.
Gehalt/Benefits
Salaries can be very low in some positions, and vacation days are not very generous but accrue over time. Compensation for overtime and Sunday work is provided.
The benefits were nice, including work-from-home options, a BVG ticket, Urban Sports membership, and reimbursements.
Gleichberechtigung
I believed men and women were treated equally. However, looking back, I realize that female employees were even less appreciated and had to work even harder and longer to earn a raise.
Interessante Aufgaben
Interesting product and tasks.
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