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56 Mitarbeiter:innen haben diesen Arbeitgeber mit durchschnittlich 3,8 Punkten auf einer Skala von 1 bis 5 bewertet.
Please start communicating reasonably and openly with your employees. Remember that employees are the most important asset ELEMENT has. Keeping them requires a respectful and appreciative interaction and support.
ELEMENT used to be a very dynamic, innovative company with a real drive to change something in the insurance market. The employees were motivated to move the company forward, there was open dialogue, ideas and personal initiative were appreciated. For just over a year now, the atmosphere has deteriorated continuously. There is now an atmosphere of uncertainty, demotivation and frustration. Several colleagues have already resigned, are thinking about it, quiet quitting or have been fired.
I cannot make any statement about the external perception of ELEMENT in the insurance market.
The workload is manageable. If your supervisor plays along, a significant amount of home office is possible, but this is at his/her discretion. ELEMENT offers the opportunity to work remotely from abroad for up to four weeks a year. That is a real benefit.
What really bothers me is that most of the holiday for the following year has to be applied for in the previous year. That takes away a lot of the flexibility that you actually expect in a relatively young and small company.
As it is a small company, career opportunities are naturally rare. There have been a internal promotions, but many positions are filled from outside. For people outside management there are a few internal trainings, but ELEMENT does not offer a real career or training/development programme nor does it show significant interest in it's employee development. ELEMENT has become very frugal, which is reflected in all areas, including employee development.
My salary is in line with the market average. Clear guidelines on what is required for a salary increase are not communicated, at least not to me. The decision is made once a year at the end-of-year talks and is not transparent.
In accordance with legal requirements, there is the option of taking out a company pension scheme.
There are a few additional, voluntary benefits - for me, the most important is a platform that offers counselling, workshops and information on the subject of stress management and mental health. You further i.a. have the opportunity to visit a gym at the Berlin office, the obligatory fruit basket, company ticket and a mid-double-digit amount each month that can be redeemed for certain vouchers. Foreign colleagues are supported with housing and language courses.
There was a dedicated ESG project at ELEMENT, but I haven't heard anything about it recently. I am not aware of any further endeavours in this regard. At least waste is separated in the office :).
The colleagues are the only reason why I have stayed with ELEMENT for so long. In the past, ELEMENT has managed to attract many really talented, well-trained, friendly, fun and motivated people from all over the world. There is still a good sense of cohesion, a kind of community of destiny, especially among the long-serving colleagues. In the meantime, however, the general frustration is also reflected here.
The age structure at ELEMENT is very mixed, from young to old. I have not experienced any discrimination against older colleagues.
I can only say good things about my direct superiors. Very understanding, open and kind-hearted people. I can't say that about the top management. There is no appreciation or recognition. Employees are managed like pawns in a game of chess. The HR department has also not shown itself to be particularly humane in this respect in recent times.
The Berlin office is gorgeous and well located, but rarely fully occupied because many employees work from home. You regularly get the basics you need to work - a decent laptop, mouse and keyboard. You have to set up your home office yourself.
There is no open, clear communication between management and employees. Decisions are made behind closed doors and are at best announced but hardly explained, even if they involve major cuts to the company's operations or the employee's own working conditions. Decisions that directly affect employees personally are also made over their heads and employees are presented with a fait accompli without being able to express their views. ELEMENT is currently laying off a significant number of people. None of the employees know who is affected; the only way to find out that someone has been fired is through the grapevine. The other employees are left in the dark as to whether they will still have a job in a few months' time or have to rely on what their direct superior tells them.
In management, the ratio of men to women is around 2:1. Women are otherwise more likely to be in lower positions. I am not aware that ELEMENT specifically supports women. There are projects that deal with the empowerment of women in the professional world, but the initiative for this came from committed female employees.
I had many interesting tasks and worked on various interdisciplinary projects with the other departments. There's hardly any of that left. Projects were cut back, processes scrapped, etc.
Was früher eine tolle Atmosphäre war, hat sich zu einem Mikromanagement und einer sinnlosen Überwachung von Arbeitszeiten und Anwesenheit im Büro entwickelt, anstatt auf tatsächliche Ergebnisse zu achten. Die Menschen empfinden ELEMENT nicht mehr als sicheren Arbeitgeber und fühlen sich nicht wertgeschätzt.
Das Bild ist besser als die Realität. Sie sind nicht so jung und dynamisch, wie sie denken, und nicht so vielfältig, wie sie werben.
Ok, nicht zu beschäftigt oder gestresst. Den Mitarbeitern wird theoretisch Flexibilität bei der Gestaltung ihrer Arbeitszeiten und ihrem Arbeitsort eingeräumt (flexibles Hybridmodell). Wie gut dies funktioniert, hängt jedoch vom Vorgesetzten ab.
Keine Karriere- oder Entwicklungschancen, da das Unternehmen kein Interesse an der Weiterentwicklung oder Ausbildung seiner Mitarbeiter hat und die Karriereleiter sehr kurz ist
Das Gehalt ist nicht mehr so konkurrenzfähig und andere Leistungen sind nicht die besten, zum Beispiel werden kein Telefonpaket, keine Kopfhörer oder andere Geräte angeboten. Kein Mittagessen oder Frühstück im Büro. Vorteile durch Emplu-App, allerdings ist die Auswahl recht gering.
Das interessiert dort niemanden
Die Kollegen sind respektvoll und freundlich. Früher gab es ein Gemeinschaftsgefühl und die Mitarbeiter pflegten auch außerhalb der Arbeitszeit Kontakte untereinander, aber das wird immer weniger.
Altersvielfalt ist gut und alle werden mit gleichem Respekt behandelt
Kein Vertrauen in das Management, das nicht kommuniziert und sich scheinbar überhaupt nicht um die Menschen kümmert.
Flexible Arbeitsbedingungen, das Büro ist modern und schön, aber aufgrund der Tatsache, dass es etwas klein ist und es an Besprechungsräumen mangelt, kommen mehr als die Hälfte der Leute
Der Mangel an Transparenz und Offenheit ist offensichtlich und traurig. Das Management vertraut seinen Mitarbeitern nicht genug, um relevante Informationen und Strategien weiterzugeben, und die Mitarbeiter vertrauen dem Management nicht mehr. Ein Beispiel dafür sind die anhaltenden Entlassungen. Jeder sieht, dass es passiert, aber das Management gibt es nicht offen zu und spricht nicht darüber.
Frauen und andere Geschlechter sind unterrepräsentiert, insbesondere jetzt nach den Entlassungen.
Quite good and flexible remote work arrangements.
Random HR policy changes to remove chance for promotion and salary increase. No bonuses even if exceeding targets.
Very little communication about key topics impacting company. Seniors rarely talk to other members of the organisation - strong heirarchy.
Seems that you have to know the right people to progress in this company. Performance not considered when allocating raises, promotions.
No clear strategy so hard to stay engages in projects.
Flexibility
open communication
good leadership
none
All good keep it up
Nicht versuchen die Abläufe/die Strukturen einer großen Versicherung auf Element zu pressen, und offen bleiben für die Kritik und die Meinungen der Mitarbeitenden
Es herrscht noch eine gewisse Unsicherheit, aber das Ziel wird immer klarer und damit werden die Fragezeichen hoffentlich bald weniger
Es kann hybrid gearbeitet werden. Überstunden sind zwar vertraglich abgegolten, werden aber nicht aktiv eingefordert.
Hier ist noch Luft nach oben.
Der ist sehr gut. Ich habe bis jetzt noch nicht eine Person getroffen, die mir nicht helfen wollte oder unkooperativ war.
Man sieht junge, aber auch grauhaarige Kolleginnen im Büro.
Sehr schönes Büro, Meetingräume gibt es nirgendwo genug. Wenn man einen neuen Laptop braucht, wird einem sofort geholfen.
Es wird sich sehr bemüht transparenter zu kommunizieren. Trotzdem ist hier noch Luft nach oben, vor allem wenn um die Kommunikation von Mitarbeitenden geht, die das Unternehmen verlassen
Noch mehr Frauen im Mittelmanagement wären toll.
Work-life balance is good for a start-up.
No open communication in C-level.
If the backstapping culture doesn't stop I will search for a new employer like so many others did before me. Since the C-level changed, it's all about saving money. So if there is a chance to replace someone with someone cheaper, it seems to be taken. Strange though because we lost so much knowledge because of it that it is really not efficient at all. Unfortunately you can not even say something because since HR was basically replaced, there is (almost) no open ear for improvement. Element has a lot of amazing people working here. It is a shame that the culture is destroyed by some... I would really hope that this changes again. You can see many people trying to fight the culture change but since it's quite top-down now I doubt that it will happen.
Backstapping...since our C level was switched everything changed...People at all level start to talk behind other's back.
This point I can not complain about
No free taining budget everything needs to be approved. But I heard it gets approved okish if it's not too expensive
Depends.Can be truely great, can be bad, really depends on where you are working
We basically don't have any anymore...But we are a start-up so there were never a lot of them
It depends. This is hard to generalize. There are manager who would do everything for their team, and there are manager who only care about themselves. But that's my experience in every company so far
Homeoffice is possible. The office is beautiful and has the usual snacks although the fruits were a bit more plenty in the old times. There are not enough meeting rooms though. The kitchen is well equiped, you could even cook there.
It used to be very open, but since the backstapping is socially accepted I would say this is not great
Average salary, not many benefits compared to a cooperate
Certainly more interesting than in other companies. Since we are a scale-up this became a bit less interesting but there are still plenty of interesting things to learn
still digital
ELEMENT completely lost USP
focus on business and market, focus on former USP
bad, pressure only
now bad, coming from very good
not existing
not existing
bad, below average
not existing
fight club
worst
pressure only, too many "leaders" for such a small company
worrst
not happening
no
lat year interesting - now boring
Keine Kernarbeitszeit, Home Office
Fehlende Wertschätzung
Fluktuation ernst nehmen
Personalentwicklung im HR etablieren
Im eigenen kleinen Team ist es super, aber leider haben langjährige Kollegen das Team nun verlassen.
Hierfür muss man selbst sorgen und auch mal nein sagen / Sachen liegen lassen können.
Interne Beförderungen gibt es nicht mehr, Weiterbildung wird nicht angeboten.
In Ordnung
Es wird sich engagiert
I.O., aber teamübergreifend schwierig.
Büro sehr laut, wenig Meetingräume, Überstunden sind automatisch abgegolten, 30 Tage Urlaub, kein Utlrlaubs/Weihnachtsgeld
Die Kommunikation war unter dem vorherigen Vorstand (Mitgründer) besser. Aktuell ist der Buschfunk schneller als der offizielle Weg.
Die Aufgaben sind sehr vielseitig
There is a steep learning curve and still a lot of willingness to try out new things or do things differently.
Top line is our god.
Be realistic and transparent, at least internally. Listen and take up employee's suggestions in a professional manner.
Open communication on a daily level; identification could be better as suspicous partnerships (decisions by sharia board such as rejecting LGBTQ; excessive commissions; insurances that nobody needs or do support harming environment ...) are pursued regardless of serious critizism
Outside image is overall still good, but quite some turnover from people with deeper insight over the last 12 months.
Sometimes extreme due to typcial startup culture (e.g. surprises are intentionally not always incorporated in planning: expectation to work beyond) and increased staff turnover
On own initiative; time budget for development is typcially not incorporated in daily business, and expense cutting also applies to education budgets.
Salaries are comparable with other Berlin-based startups, but not beyond. Monetary benefits are poor. Company events have become victims of expenses cutting. Other non-monetary benefits are good.
Good on micro level, but overall ESG seems mainly for marketing reasons than part of the DNA.
Excellent
Unclear wether it is mainly push or mainly pull that a number of them left
Much more top-down then then it used to be
Open space that is usually quiet while also providing extra-areas to fully focus or have conversations and regular or spontanous meetings; home office quite flexible but mostly at your own expense and responsibility
Top management frequently uses almost brainwashing-like approaches; there are less updates on financials or employee-enagagement then it used to be (in time with company goals not being met for a while and then restructuring); anonymous questions are not shared anymore but rephrased (up to sometimes making them appear foolish to the whole audience) so people may less dare to ask
Mostly male white German speakers seem to make it to leadership level
As most of the business innovation is rather kept outside with the partners, certain tasks are less interesting after a while as compared to other insuretechs with specialized business model or larger players. As with other startups, the need to rather support short-term topline than a company that is to exist and run a business with a long-term view may also take its toll.
Eine bessere Kommunikation an die Mitarbeiter;
Es war immer eine tolle Atmosphäre, die sich drastisch geändert hat.
Das Weiterbildungsbudget wurde gekürzt
Von oben nach unten in so einer noch kleinen Firma ist leider sehr schlecht.
So verdient kununu Geld.