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14 Mitarbeiter:innen haben diesen Arbeitgeber mit durchschnittlich 4,0 Punkten auf einer Skala von 1 bis 5 bewertet.
Sehr modernes und flexibles Arbeiten und passt dadurch gut in den Studentenalltag. Sehr offene und freundliche Menschen. Mir werden auch als Student große Freiraume gelassen und ich habe die Möglichkeit Verantwortung zu übernehmen
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Liebe:r Mitarbeiter:in,
vielen Dank für dein positives Feedback :). Es freut mich, dass dein Job bei epilot gut in deinen Studierendenalltag passt!
Falls du noch Ideen haben solltest, wie wir uns noch weiter verbessern könnten, kannst du gerne jederzeit auf uns zukommen!
Liebe Grüße
Eka
- 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
- Communication is a huge problem
- Lack of soft skills between leaders/managers/principles
- Transparency and clarity
- 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.
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.
The company maintains a very strong external image and brand.
Working hours were flexible on paper, but the pressure to deliver, and communication issues often blurred the line between work and personal time.
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.
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.
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.
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.
There was clear respect and collaboration across age groups. Experience was appreciated, and team members of all ages were treated with equal professionalism.
Once you were no longer useful, support was quickly withdrawn.
The tools and physical working environment (even in remote settings) were generally solid.
Communication was one of the biggest challenges, not only between teams and squads, but also across the company. I think the reason is, "principles" and "team leaders" are more technical than they are knowledgeable about management and leadership. In fact, there is a huge lack of soft skills.
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.
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.
Dear ex-epilot,
thank you for taking the time to share such detailed feedback about your experience at epilot. We're glad to see your positive ratings in several areas, particularly regarding the technical challenges, career development opportunities, and our work atmosphere created thanks to the people working here.
Your constructive feedback about communication challenges and leadership development is valuable. Your points about improving transparency and enhancing soft skills among leadership are well-taken.
One part I want to address, which you highlighted in the review's title, is that we are claiming to be a "family". But by no means we want to claim that "we're a family". While this sounds great in the first place, this would also go hand-in-hand with the “responsibilities” we have within a family. We rather see ourselves as an ambitious sports team. I totally agree that we are more than usual colleagues. Especially as part of the People & Culture team, I am proud having brought together so many talented and great individuals from all over the world. Matching everyone's expectations is definitely a tough mission. While we always strive for the best, we sometimes fail, but we want to learn and improve.
We're particularly mindful of your observations regarding work-life balance and the pressure to deliver. While we strive to maintain flexibility, we understand the importance of establishing clearer boundaries.
Thank you again for your feedback. Your insights help us build a better workplace.
I would be glad to talk to you about how we can further improve.
Best regards,
Eka
greate enviournemnt for work
they have no track on ur progress and the 1:1 are useless and not even recoreded for later reviews
IMHO they were unprofisional on evry aspects
Dear ex-colleague,
thank you for taking the time to share your honest feedback! We’re really happy to hear that you experienced epilot as a great work environment — that means a lot to us!
At the same time, we appreciate you pointing out areas where we can grow — especially around leadership and 1:1s. We’re currently scaling fast, and many of our team leads are in their first formal leadership roles. That’s partly by design: we hire experienced people and give them ownership early, but we also know that great leadership doesn’t just “happen” — it needs support, learning, and continuous feedback.
We’ve recently started putting more structure into leadership development and check-ins, and feedback like yours helps us sharpen that focus. If you have more concrete suggestions, please reach out to me anytime!
Best regards from Cologne!
Teile anonym, wie deine Arbeitswoche läuft und finde heraus, ob Kolleg:innen sie ähnlich erleben.
- 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
- 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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 ^^
Communication can be improved at epilot. A lot of colleagues work remotely, so sometimes there are misunderstandings. Also, not everyone has strong soft skills, but at the end of the day it works out. The good news is that modern tools like Slack are used to communicate, and many events are organized throughout the year to meet colleagues face to face and get to know each other better.
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.
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
Bisher alles :)
Nichts
Keine
Ich kann nichts negatives berichten. Alles in allem ist die Atmosphäre wirklich sehr gut.
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).
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.
Super Ausstattung. Bei technischen Problemen bekommt man auch schnell ein Ersatzgerät.
Bei uns wird wirklich fast alles kommuniziert. Es gibt entsprechende Meetings, Slack Channel, etc.
a lot of potential
Hire and fire?
Dear employee,
thank you for taking the time leaving us your honest review.
I am happy to see that you describe epilot as a great place to work! One of my daily goals is for sure to make epilot a great place to work.
As you also said, there is a lot of potential within epilot. For the company in general, but also for every individual - to participate, to grow and have an impact. I appreciate you agree on this point.
While I can see you are giving epilot a good evaluation overall, I also see that there is always potential to improve.
Answering to the question "What I find bad about the employer" you said is "Hire and fire?". I think describing our (hiring) culture with the term "Hire and fire" would not really do justice to our overall (hiring) culture. I won't deny that in a growing team of, as of today, around 100 people there is some kind of fluctuation. But this fluctuation can have different reason.
Please feel free to always reach out to me or the People & Culture Team to clarify any topic you think is unclear to you.
We are always happy to help you and improve our work.
Best regards,
Eka
Man muss es mit den Events & dem Start-Up Spirit nicht übertreiben.
Das Gründungsteam ist rein männlich, und das merkt man an gewissen Stellen auch. Es gab teilweise geschlechtsspezifische Kommentare in männlich dominierten Teams, und da sich in Bereichen die KollegInnen gut kennen und auch vor allem im Sales kein Blatt vor den Mund genommen wird, fühlt man sich nicht 100%ig wohl und musste auch mal bei frechen Kommentaren gegensteuern. Das ist wirklich schade.
Eine Ansprechperson/Betriebsrat/Employee Commitee finden, die als neutrale und anonyme Ansprechperson da ist.
Vielen Dank für dein ehrliches Feedback! Es freut mich zu lesen, dass du eine steile Lernkurve gehabt hast und wir dir in diesem Bereich etwas mitgeben konnten und auch dass du bereits warst Verantwortung zu übernehmen und das Gehalt als fair betrachtest.
Es ist uns wichtig, konstruktive Rückmeldungen zu erhalten, um uns als Unternehmen kontinuierlich weiterzuentwickeln.
Zum Thema des Gründungsteams möchten wir anmerken, dass es tatsächlich aus Männern besteht – was historisch so gewachsen ist. Uns ist jedoch bewusst, dass Vielfalt eine enorme Bereicherung für das Arbeitsumfeld darstellt. Wir setzen uns aktiv dafür ein, ein inklusives und diverses Umfeld zu schaffen, in dem sich alle Geschlechter gleichermaßen willkommen und wertgeschätzt fühlen. Der respektvolle Umgang miteinander ist für uns oberste Priorität, und es tut uns leid, falls du in gewissen Situationen das Gefühl hattest, dich unwohl zu fühlen. Das nehmen wir ernst und arbeiten daran, noch sensibler mit solchen Themen umzugehen.
Zu den Events und dem Start-up-Spirit: Wir verstehen, dass der Enthusiasmus in einem dynamischen Umfeld unterschiedlich wahrgenommen werden kann. Für uns sind diese Events jedoch ein wichtiger Bestandteil unserer Kultur, da sie nicht nur den Austausch untereinander fördern und den Teamzusammenhalt stärken, sondern auch die Zusammenarbeit mit unseren Kunden:innen fördert und Raum für Austausch und Wachstum bietet. Natürlich ist es uns dabei wichtig, die richtige Balance zu finden, und wir schätzen dein Feedback in dieser Hinsicht.
Wir freuen uns, wenn du weiterhin offen und ehrlich mit uns kommunizierst und bedanken uns nochmals für deinen Beitrag :)
Habe viele gute Erinnerungen an die Zeit und immer gerne dort gearbeitet.
Nichts was mir auf Anhieb einfällt…
Vielleicht ein Wenig mehr Struktur und Begleitung in der Einarbeitung - das unterscheidet sich aber auch schon vom Ansatz in den jeweiligen Teams :)
Ich denke das unterscheidet sich von Team zu Team, generell aber ein bunter Haufen sympathischer Kollegen.
Viele der Kollegen sind untereinander befreundet, weshalb sich das Ganze ein Wenig vermischt. Im Grunde wird Bedürfnisse eingegangen und versucht alles möglich zu machen.
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
Auch hier wieder – sicherlich Unterschiede innerhalb der Firma, bei uns war’s im Grunde super.
Wenige “ältere Kollegen”, schienen alle sehr happy dort zu sein.
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.
Top Hardware und Software, im Büro fehlte es an nichts.
Ich hatte nie das Gefühl nicht alles offen kommunizieren zu können.
Es wird einem Viel vertrauen geschenkt auch eigene kleinere Projekte zu realisieren.
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.
I really do not have anything bad to mention about epilot, I could not be happier.
Keep up the good work!
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. ⭐️
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.
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.
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.
You get a very good salary as a PM compared to the market. There is also possibilities to increase this at a later time.
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.
Same as the first point here, it is just an amazing work culture at epilot. I wouldn’t want anything different.
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!
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.
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.
We have really good communication at epilot, we talk about our goals and vision quarterly which gives transparency to the rest of the company. We do not have meeting like this on a daily/weekly basis, but I do not mind that, but it is something that is definitely a big focus in the different squads/teams (PM+ Devs).
It does not matter who you are, how you are, you will always be taken in to the company with open arms.
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.
Die Bezahlung, den Standort und ein Paar Kollegen.
Die Intransparenz, die Methoden mit denen Mitarbeiter rausgeekelt werden, das Fehlen einer Feedbackkultur (obwohl grade das besonders häufig betont wird), die Intrigen, die abwertende Kommunikation, das Verharmlosen von Corona damals, das täuschen von neuen Mitarbeitern, die Frauenfeindlichkeit und und und...
Seid ehrlich zu euren Mitarbeitern. Auch wenn Kununu hübsch aussieht, spricht sich so ein Gebahren herum. Gebt Feedback, seid transparent, behandelt eure Mitarbeiter als das, was sie sind: Euer wertvollster Posten.
Die meisten Teams haben ein gutes und harmonisches Miteinander. Allerdings ist die Behandlung der Mitarbeiter von Seiten des Managements ein absoluter Horror. Durch die Stimmung innerhalb der Firma ist die Zusammenarbeit oft geprägt von Stille und gedrückter Stimmung. Ein echtes (unternehmensumspannendes) Teamgefühl kam nie auf.
Hier wird natürlich massiv dran geschraubt. Ich war schockiert als ich die Kununu Bewertungen gesehen habe. Besonders die Empfehlungsrate ist weit weg von der Realität. Allerdings ist das wohl das Ergebnis, wenn alle neuen Mitarbeiter wiederholt dazu aufgefordert werden, eine positive Bewertung abzugeben. Ich bin mir auch ziemlich sicher, dass Gründe gefunden werden, diese negative Bewertung zu entfernen. Sehr sehr schade, dass dadurch weitere Menschen in diese Falle laufen.
Insgesamt ok. Es wird auf der einen Seite (gezwungernermaßen seit Corona) Homeoffice angeboten. Allerdings werden Meetings gerne auch noch um 17 Uhr eingestellt, die dann auch gerne mal länger gehen als geplant. Fairerweise ist die Arbeitszeit aber für ein Startup vertretbar.
Sehr ambitionierte Ziele bringen natürlich Karrieremenschen zusammen. Die gibt es dort zweifellos. Meiner Erfahrung nach inkl. viel Ellenbogen. Es gibt keinerlei Möglichkeiten der Weiterbildung ganz zu schweigen ein Budget dafür. Es werden aber auch Mitarbeiter von innen nach oben befördert, wenn sie die "Extrameile" gehen.
Einer der wenigen guten Punkte, ist dass epilot gut bezahlt.
Es gibt keins.
Die meisten Teams haben wie gesagt einen guten Zusammenhalt. Es wird sehr stark auf Berufseinsteiger gesetzt und dementsprechend jung ist das Team. Keiner der seniorigen Mitarbeiter bleibt lange bei Epilot. Die meisten Mitarbeiter haben nicht viel Erfahrung außerhalb dieser Bubble, wodurch sie nicht verstehen, was bei Epilot schief läuft. Es sind aber wohl weiterhin einige Kollegen bereits auf der Suche, nach einem neuen Arbeitgeber.
Es gibt nicht viele ältere (Männer) außerhalb der Geschäftsleitung.
Eine der schlimmsten, die ich in meinen langen Jahren je erlebt habe. Es wird vornerum auf heiter, lustig und Gemeinschaft gemacht, während verschlossenen Türen vor Mitarbeitern über andere Mitarbeiter hergezogen wird. Mitarbeiter werden wie gesagt einfach vor die Tür gesetzt, wenn dem Management etwas nicht passt. Die Geschäftsführung setzt sich ausschließlich aus Männern zusammen und das merkt man auch (sehr antiquierte Denkmuster zeigen sich dort durch die Bank weg). Alles in allem, hat sich dadurch in der Firma ein Klima der Angst verbreitet.
Die Hardware ist top. Die Software ebenfalls. Das Büro ist sehr zentral und gut gelegen. Die Atmosphäre aus Angst und Druck ist aber alles andere als angenehm. Hire and Fire wird hier noch gelebt ;)
Es gibt Ansätze, die aber sehr unbeholfen wirken. Negative Punkte werden unterdrückt und die positiven in den Fokus gesetzt. Es wurden schon einige Kollegen nach der Probezeit rausgeekelt, weil sie eine unbequeme Meinung hatten. Dabei wird das natürlich intern ganz anders kommuniziert. Nach Wertschätzung sucht man hier lange und vergeblich, du bist als Mitarbeiter ein Arbeits-Roboter und wehe, wenn nicht. Vorne hui, hinten pfui.
Es gibt bis auf ein Department nur Männer an der Spitze.
Das spürt man auch. Chauvinismus ist hier leider an der Tagesordnung.
Kommt auf den Bereich an. Oft ist die Abteilungsleitung ziemlich kopflos und entscheidet sehr reaktionär. Die "Strategie" ist von Aktionismus und halbdurchdachten Kampagnen durchzogen. Stringenz sucht man hier vergeblich.
So verdient kununu Geld.