epilot 

GmbH

Bewertungen

Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich

- Moderne technische Ausstattung
- Einige engagierte und respektvolle Kolleg:innen

Verbesserungsvorschläge

- Echte Führungskräfteentwicklung statt leere Phrasen
- Klare Strukturen, Zuständigkeiten und Kommunikationswege
- Professionelles Onboarding und faire Homeoffice-Regelung
- Vielfalt wirklich leben
- Schluss mit der Rechtfertigung „wir sind halt anders“: besser werden statt anders sein

Arbeitsatmosphäre

Nach außen präsentiert sich das Unternehmen modern, offen und menschenorientiert. In der Realität herrscht eine Atmosphäre aus Druck, Kontrolle und Misstrauen. Wertschätzung oder echtes Interesse an Entwicklung sucht man vergeblich. Eine ausgeprägte Feier- und Trinkkultur prägt zusätzlich das soziale Umfeld. Wer da nicht mitzieht, fühlt sich schnell außen vor.

Work-Life-Balance

Offiziell wird Flexibilität versprochen, praktisch hängt sie stark vom Vorgesetzten/dem Fachbereich ab. Manche dürfen fast vollständig remote arbeiten, andere müssen fast täglich im Büro erscheinen. Das wirkt willkürlich und sorgt für Unzufriedenheit.

Karriere/Weiterbildung

Personalentwicklung findet de facto nicht statt. Weiterbildung, Coaching oder Führungskräfteentwicklung sind kein Thema.

Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein

Keine erkennbare Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie oder soziale Verantwortung. Themen wie Nachhaltigkeit, Diversität oder Mitarbeiterwohlbefinden spielen kaum eine Rolle.

Kollegenzusammenhalt

Es gibt einige engagierte und wohlwollende KollegInnen, die versuchen, das Beste aus der Situation zu machen. Gleichzeitig herrscht ein Klima des Misstrauens und der Unsicherheit, da viele Mitarbeitende schon gegangen sind oder Angst haben, evtl. die Nächsten zu sein.

Umgang mit älteren Kollegen

Was den Umgang mit älteren Kolleg:innen betrifft: Es gibt kaum welche. Das Unternehmen ist personell sehr jung aufgestellt, wodurch Erfahrung und Gelassenheit im Arbeitsalltag spürbar fehlen.

Vorgesetztenverhalten

Ich habe mehrfach sehr unprofessionelles und unangemessenes Verhalten auf Führungsebene erlebt. Darunter auch grenzüberschreitende Sprüche, die in einem respektvollen Arbeitsumfeld nichts verloren haben. Einige Personen in Schlüsselpositionen verfügen aus meiner Sicht über mehr Einfluss, als durch ihre tatsächliche Leistung gerechtfertigt wäre. Entscheidungen entstehen oft impulsiv und ohne klare Strategie! Wer neue Ideen einbringt, stößt meist auf Ablehnung....Standardargument: „Das ging hier noch nie/ ..das wird hier nicht funktionieren." Feedback erfolgt eher nach Sympathie und Bauchgefühl als nach klaren Kriterien. Vertrauen, Offenheit oder konstruktive Weiterentwicklung werden dadurch systematisch verhindert.

Arbeitsbedingungen

Hier herrscht das reinste Chaos...von internen Prozessen über Zuständigkeiten bis hin zum Onboarding. Neue Mitarbeitende werden ohne Struktur ins kalte Wasser geworfen, müssen sich alles selbst zusammensuchen und gleichzeitig schnell enorme Leistung bringen. Entscheidungen sind oft kurzfristig und schlecht kommuniziert. Kritik an diesen Missständen wird meist ignoriert oder als persönliche Schwäche ausgelegt.

Kommunikation

Gleichberechtigung

Selten ein Unternehmen erlebt, das nach außen so modern wirkt, intern aber ein so veraltetes Mindset lebt. Vielfalt wird gern kommuniziert, aber nicht wirklich gelebt. In der Führungsebene sitzen (mit Ausnahme einer weiblichen Führungskraft) ausschließlich Männer. Das spiegelt sich auch in der Haltung gegenüber unterschiedlichen Perspektiven wider.

Interessante Aufgaben

Die Aufgaben hätten in meinem Bereich sehr spannend sein können, wenn Eigeninitiative und neue Ideen wirklich erwünscht gewesen wären.

Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich

- People are nice, and I never had any issue in terms of behavior
- I like the technical challenges and the fact that you can see your impact in the product
- Career growth

Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich

- Communication is a huge problem
- Lack of soft skills between leaders/managers/principles
- Transparency and clarity

Verbesserungsvorschläge

- Simply saying "we're a family" doesn’t make it true, actions do. If you're proud of your principles, then lead by example and live them. "Show, don’t tell" isn’t just a value; it should be a practice.
- Communication is a key. As far as felt, that's a real issue across the company because people were complaining from different teams.
- That's my friendly advice: People trust you, so you have to also trust people and be more transparent.

Arbeitsatmosphäre

The team was generally friendly, and the environment felt dynamic. However, the pressure to constantly deliver and the lack of psychological safety made it difficult to feel truly comfortable long-term.

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The company maintains a very strong external image and brand.

Work-Life-Balance

Working hours were flexible on paper, but the pressure to deliver, and communication issues often blurred the line between work and personal time.

Karriere/Weiterbildung

There was strong support for learning and growth. I had access to budgets for courses and conferences, and internal knowledge-sharing was encouraged. This created a culture of continuous improvement.

Gehalt/Benefits

The remote work policy is a benefit and much appreciated. However, salary progression requires significant self-advocacy, and you have to really fight for a salary raise, and there’s a noticeable lack of transparency around bonuses. Bonuses appear to be given selectively, without a clear or communicated structure. Despite working at the company for a considerable time, I was never made aware that a bonus program even existed.

Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein

The company tries to maintain a socially responsible image and makes some effort toward sustainability. Still, there’s room to make these values more integrated into day-to-day operations rather than just part of external messaging.

Kollegenzusammenhalt

Most colleagues were supportive and collaborative, and there was a strong peer network. Unfortunately, the high-pressure culture occasionally led to internal competition or a lack of trust.

Umgang mit älteren Kollegen

There was clear respect and collaboration across age groups. Experience was appreciated, and team members of all ages were treated with equal professionalism.

Vorgesetztenverhalten

Once you were no longer useful, support was quickly withdrawn.

Arbeitsbedingungen

The tools and physical working environment (even in remote settings) were generally solid.

Kommunikation

Gleichberechtigung

The company genuinely values diversity and provides equal opportunities in most cases. However, sometimes internal promotions or recognition seemed to depend more on visibility than merit, which could unintentionally create inequality.

Interessante Aufgaben

The work was exciting and intellectually stimulating. I had the opportunity to work on real problems with real impact, and that was definitely a highlight.

Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich

- Ambitious company
- Flexibility (remote, working time, no micro management)
- Cool colleagues
- Cool colleagues (yes I wrote this twice)
- Very multiculti, 20+ nationalities
- Workation
- The company is not stingy
- There is an epilot song you sing during your onboarding

Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich

- There is an epilot song you sing during your onboarding
- If you do not drink alcohol (like me) sometimes you can feel a bit lost
- Communication can always be improved

Verbesserungsvorschläge

Honestly, compared to where I worked before, epilot is already doing things much better than most of the German tech companies. I would improve the communication. Two or three colleagues or more needs some soft skills training, but in the end it’s something I can work comfortably with.

Arbeitsatmosphäre

Unlike other companies I’ve worked for in the past, at epilot I get a lot of trust and freedom to do my work. Being independent and taking ownership of what I do is essential for me, and I can feel that trust here. I also like that it’s a flat hierarchy, and that I feel comfortable speaking out or reaching out to anyone if I need help or have ideas. At epilot, I’m basically the captain of my own ship (and I love it that way), but I also have a team behind me that I can count on when I need support.

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Before joining epilot I had never heard of the company to be honest. Only after I joined I found out that epilot is very well known within the German energy market.

Work-Life-Balance

As I mentioned above, epilot empowers me and gives me ownership of my tasks. I know my goals and what I need to achieve to be successful. No one will ever ask you to stay late at work, and no one looks at you weird if you come in at 9:30, leave the office at 17:00, or decide to work from home because you feel like it. At the end of the day, what matters is the outcome. So you have a lots of freedom but you must understand that epilot has ambition, so you have to deliver. It’s a fair give-and-take situation in my opinion.

Karriere/Weiterbildung

It really depends on the direction you want to take your career and if it’s relevant to epilot. If that’s the case, then the sky is the limit. The Head of Engineering started as a simple tech employee few years ago. Some colleagues started at working student and now are working full time etc

Gehalt/Benefits

Comparing to other tech companies out there, I can say that epilot is not stingy. If you come with the right mindset and the right skill you will get well paid for your position.

Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein

I guess epilot can do more here, but it’s also up to all colleagues first. For example, writing names consistently on water bottles would help so we don’t have to throw them away because we don’t know who they belong to. Same for the foods: three yogurt pots are opened at the same time, they are not closed properly, and then we throw them away because they are moldy.

Kollegenzusammenhalt

Cohesion is excellent within my team. Company culture is essential. We eat mostly lunch together and after work we do sport or have dinner etc together. It is not required by the company, it is just human dynamics. As a foreigner working in Germany it is perfect for me because I can also makes friend and experience Cologne with native Germans or with international colleagues. I mean the pictures are talking for themselves, I guess.

Umgang mit älteren Kollegen

I am amongst the top 10 older colleagues at epilot :p I have the double of the age of a colleagues who is a working student. Age here is not a problem, it is just about the mindset. epilot is an ambitious tech company. I feel confortable here and part of epilot.

Vorgesetztenverhalten

In my team I don’t work often with C-level but thanks to the flat hierarchy I can speak to anyone when needed. In my team my manager is always there but I feel like people here are colleagues first not managers C-level or working students. One thing though: I wish we had more women as heads of or within the C-level.

Arbeitsbedingungen

One of the best working conditions I ever experienced. We use Macbook with M chips, office is super confortable, fridge is always full of foods, drinks, ice cream... Maybe if you are on a diet like me, then it is not the right working environment because colleagues always bake cakes or brings sweet stuff back from vacations ^^

Kommunikation

Gleichberechtigung

As I said above, I wish we have more women as Head of or C levels. I witness that advancement and promotion are given at epilot based on merit.

Interessante Aufgaben

Well...how can I say it? At epilot I never get bored ^^ I am doing various tasks and can feel the impact/contribution that I can have from within. What I love here is that there is no top down. No one tells me what to do. As I explained above, I have my goal. I know exactly what is expected so I can plan my days as I want. My days are never boring

Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich

Bisher alles :)

Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich

Nichts

Verbesserungsvorschläge

Keine

Arbeitsatmosphäre

Ich kann nichts negatives berichten. Alles in allem ist die Atmosphäre wirklich sehr gut.

Work-Life-Balance

Wirklich super. Mittags also mal einen Kaffee mit Freunden trinken und dafür abends länger bleiben ist in der Regel kein Problem (vorausgesetzt natürlich, man hat keine wichtigen Termine).

Kollegenzusammenhalt

Meine Kollegen sind größtenteils wirklich toll und ich verstehe mich sehr gut mit ihnen. Man kann auch wirklich jeden um Hilfe oder um einen Rat bitten.

Arbeitsbedingungen

Super Ausstattung. Bei technischen Problemen bekommt man auch schnell ein Ersatzgerät.

Kommunikation

Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich

Habe viele gute Erinnerungen an die Zeit und immer gerne dort gearbeitet.

Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich

Nichts was mir auf Anhieb einfällt…

Verbesserungsvorschläge

Vielleicht ein Wenig mehr Struktur und Begleitung in der Einarbeitung - das unterscheidet sich aber auch schon vom Ansatz in den jeweiligen Teams :)

Arbeitsatmosphäre

Ich denke das unterscheidet sich von Team zu Team, generell aber ein bunter Haufen sympathischer Kollegen.

Work-Life-Balance

Viele der Kollegen sind untereinander befreundet, weshalb sich das Ganze ein Wenig vermischt. Im Grunde wird Bedürfnisse eingegangen und versucht alles möglich zu machen.

Karriere/Weiterbildung

Wie andere auch schon schrieben – ich denke wer wirklich will und alles dafür tut kann hier Karriere machen, hängt aber auch sicherlich, wie überall anders auch, mit der Sympathie der Vorgesetzten zusammen

Kollegenzusammenhalt

Auch hier wieder – sicherlich Unterschiede innerhalb der Firma, bei uns war’s im Grunde super.

Umgang mit älteren Kollegen

Wenige “ältere Kollegen”, schienen alle sehr happy dort zu sein.

Vorgesetztenverhalten

Guter Draht zu den Vorgesetzten, die immer ein offenes Ohr für einen hatten. Viel Eigeninitiative gefragt, aber durch die direkten Wege der Kommunikation habe ich mich nie allein gelassen gefühlt.

Arbeitsbedingungen

Top Hardware und Software, im Büro fehlte es an nichts.

Kommunikation

Interessante Aufgaben

Es wird einem Viel vertrauen geschenkt auch eigene kleinere Projekte zu realisieren.

Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich

Epilot gives you the possibility to be the boss of your own day, you can work from home if you want to our you can come in to the office and work with the most amazing team. You got the possibility to grow in epilot and you work very closely with your leaders, there is an open communication where you talk about what you need to focus on and your challenges.

Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich

I really do not have anything bad to mention about epilot, I could not be happier.

Verbesserungsvorschläge

Keep up the good work!

Arbeitsatmosphäre

When I started at epilot they really introduced me with open arms, just after one week I already felt I have been working there for ages. It is always a blast coming in to the office, and I am always looking forward to it on the days that I am coming in. We are also a quite international team, however, when everybody comes to the office around summit and Christmas times it is the best time of the year. We do a lot of fun stuff together, from team building, eating out, workshops in the office and so much more. If I could rate the work atmosphere more I would. ⭐️

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I believe epilot has a really good image, I am always recommending more people to apply for a job here because people are really missing something out here. It is such a blast! Have a look at our after movies on LinkedIn because that really shows our culture and team atmosphere.

Work-Life-Balance

Also full stars here. When you work at epilot you have flexible working hours, which means you can decide how you want to work every week, as long as you are working your full hours per week, depending on your contract. But if you have to go to the doctors, pick-up children in the kindergarten or work out in the middle of the day that is no issue as long as you don’t have any meetings of course. But this makes things so much more convenient in being more in charge of your day, which is a really big advantage.

Karriere/Weiterbildung

You got the possibility to join events and workshops such as Digitale Leute which mainly focuses on PMs. Epilot are open to buy you further books about Product Management if you want to learn more. And also the biggest plus is for the international employees that wants to learn German, they get the offer to do German lessons in the “normal working hours” that will also get further support in terms of learning a new language.

Gehalt/Benefits

You get a very good salary as a PM compared to the market. There is also possibilities to increase this at a later time.

Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein

Our company car is an electric car, we sort trash and make sure to take environmental decisions in the office. Our product is all about focusing on the energy transition, which definitely shows that we focus on the environment.

Kollegenzusammenhalt

Same as the first point here, it is just an amazing work culture at epilot. I wouldn’t want anything different.

Umgang mit älteren Kollegen

We have a quite young team, I am guessing the average age is around 30, so this is not even a problem statement at all, and if so it would not be a problem at epilot I am sure of that!

Vorgesetztenverhalten

We have a really close relationship with our PM leader or the head of PM. You get a lot of trust, which I think gives you an possibility to grow and to develop even more as a PM. If anything you can always ask for help or advise either in the weekly 1:1 you have with the head of or by simply just contacting him. We have a really flat hierarchy which makes it super easy and convenient to ask for tips and advise.

Arbeitsbedingungen

You get you own Mac Book, Key board, mouse, and everything else you need. You also get an iPhone however this depends on your department, but as a PM you get an option to have one if needed.

Kommunikation

Gleichberechtigung

It does not matter who you are, how you are, you will always be taken in to the company with open arms.

Interessante Aufgaben

As a PM you know how the process normally goes when developing a new product/feature. However, your working day is never the same you always have different challenges to tackle, you communicate with the customers and you attend evens to network and to get even closer with our clients.