The playbook for killing company culture — Conceptboard edition
Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich
The product itself had real potential, and at its best, the team culture was genuinely good. Some colleagues were talented and committed people who deserved better.
Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich
What was once a promising company has become a textbook case of how poor leadership destroys culture. Open communication is preached loudly — but employees who actually practice it face consequences. Feedback that makes leadership uncomfortable tends to backfire on the person giving it, not improve anything. Trust is gone. The atmosphere is defined by fear, not collaboration.
HR presents itself as a neutral party, but in practice functions as an extension of management interests. Misconduct by leaders was raised through proper channels — nothing happened. That's not a people function, that's a cover function.
Verbesserungsvorschläge
Stop using the Kununu response template. The polished "thank you for your feedback, please contact HR reply is insulting when the issues raised were already brought to HR internally — and ignored. If HR had acted with integrity when it had the chance, these reviews wouldn't exist. Responding here with corporate language doesn't undo that.
Arbeitsatmosphäre
Permanent firefighting mode. Fear-driven, not trust-driven.
Kommunikation
Decisions are announced, not explained. Transparency is used as a buzzword, not a practice.
Kollegenzusammenhalt
Colleagues were often the only reason people stayed as long as they did. Most of them are gone now.
Work-Life-Balance
Constant context switching, shifting priorities, no stability.
Vorgesetztenverhalten
Pressure flows downward, accountability stops somewhere in the middle. New managers arrived with assumptions and accusations rather than listening. Unprofessional and at times hostile.
Interessante Aufgaben
The work itself could have been interesting — the dysfunction around it made it hard to focus on anything meaningful.
Umgang mit älteren Kollegen
Inconsistent. Depends heavily on individual managers.
Arbeitsbedingungen
remote
Gehalt/Benefits
Below market, with no movement.
Image
The gap between external branding and internal reality is significant.
Karriere/Weiterbildung
No real development path. No salary growth. No investment in people.