Great Company - Good Learning Opportunities
Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich
Really great learning opportunities. Super up-to-date techstack and great know-how for the tech. Very individual support by manager, he was super aware of me and my strength and weaknesses. I learned to like the "hard" honesty. It reduces a lot of friction.
Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich
Requires a lot of domain knowledge. You don't get to do a lot of "dummy" work. You are expected to take ownership and responsibility for your actions pretty much from day one onwards. They will inform you about this - so I guess it isn't unfair. As mentioned before my manager is very straight forward and I had to learn to handle this at first.
Verbesserungsvorschläge
The usual. Clearer structures and even better communication, but I like what they are doing and I think in time that is also getting better and better.
Arbeitsatmosphäre
very supportive and coherent
Image
didn't matter to me . don't care.
Work-Life-Balance
my manager ensured that I get enough time to study and whenever there was an issue he was making sure I get the time I needed to solve my personal affairs. We had colleagues with children and during Corona the company found individual solutions for all of them.
Karriere/Weiterbildung
amazing learning opportunities . Everyone gets 1 hour per day to learn something new. That is essentially 2.5 days of paid learning per month. I will miss that. I have learned so much about technology and energy and people management. "Stakeholder analysis" is probably one of the most used terms by my old manager.
Gehalt/Benefits
can always be more :)
Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein
17 pages code of conduct with half of that focussed around recycling and guidelines regarding behaviour .
Kollegenzusammenhalt
sad to leave them behind. great support for each other. Corona made it more difficult, we worked remotely, but everyone was participating via teams etc.
Umgang mit älteren Kollegen
there were none.
Vorgesetztenverhalten
i was working directly with one of the partners - he is also the CTO of the company. he has a very broad and deep understanding of technology and is happy to share both tech and domain knowledge with his employees. I always liked that. He is pretty open minded and very straight forward and (brutally) honest. I come from a different cultural background, I had to get used to this at first, there is not "dancing around the bushes". I cannot speak about the other managers. The CEO is a pretty relaxed guy.
Arbeitsbedingungen
Sweet hardware. I was given noise cancellation headphones from Sony , a 3k Dell laptop and could freely choose some of the other equipment. The office is located on a cool campus with tons of restaurants. To my knowledge there is a plan to remodel the entire office during Corona, but I do not know.
Kommunikation
open, monthly town halls and daily stand ups in my team. I was informed about all relevant decisions.
Gleichberechtigung
Only company I have ever been with like 20 different nationalities and people of alle genders, ethnicities etc working together productively. very chilled!
Interessante Aufgaben
Mostly yes, there is a lot of domain knowledge that they will teach you. That wasn't always the most interesting for me, but my manager explained the bigger picture to me so that I could see the benefit of learning so much about the domain. If you just want to "check off boxes" this probably isn't the right place for you.