EQS 

Group 

GmbH

Bewertungen

Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich

Very flexible working hours with a strong focus on output rather than strict schedules.

Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich

High workload, repetitive work, and constant communication that doesn’t always create clarity. Limited transparency in promotions and salary, and leadership that can feel detached with high expectations but limited support. Strong external image, but internal processes and product maturity don’t really keep up.

Verbesserungsvorschläge

Increase transparency, centralize documentation, and manage workload more sustainably. Strengthen leadership capabilities, reintroduce training opportunities, and better align external image with internal reality while addressing sustainability in the AI strategy.

Arbeitsatmosphäre

Depending on the department. The company places a strong emphasis on results in customer-facing roles. Transparency and addressing process issues can occasionally be at odds with this focus and are not always reflected positively in promotion decisions.

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Internally, there is a perception of high workload and ongoing product challenges, with some offerings seen as not fully mature despite “enterprise-ready” positioning. Feedback and improvement requests are not always addressed promptly.
Externally, the company presents a very polished image, while feedback within the compliance network suggests a more mixed picture.

Work-Life-Balance

Work-life balance benefits from a high level of flexibility. You can largely organize your working hours yourself as long as the work gets done, and remote work is standard for non-Munich employees. Mandatory meetings require attendance, but beyond that there is flexibility in daily scheduling. This is balanced by a consistently high workload.

Karriere/Weiterbildung

Training opportunities have decreased over time. Earlier initiatives, including LinkedIn Learning, are no longer available. At present, development largely depends on applying for open internal positions.

Gehalt/Benefits

Salary and raises seem to depend heavily on the team and leadership. Even longterm strong performers with high workloads have to push persistently for salary adjustments.

Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein

Environmental initiatives seem to have taken a back seat to an “AI-first” strategy. While employees are encouraged to heavily use AI tools and build new use cases, the environmental implications of this increased usage are not clearly addressed, nor are there visible compensation efforts.

Kollegenzusammenhalt

Vorgesetztenverhalten

Leadership behavior differs across departments but is often perceived as somewhat superficial. In some cases, there is limited product understanding at management level, while expectations for the team remain high. Escalation support tends to be minimal, leaving employees to resolve challenges largely independently.
In addition, the tone in internal communication can be unprofessional at times, depending in the person, including the use of inappropriate language in Recorded meetings and salary discussions.

Arbeitsbedingungen

The only office in Germany is the Munich HQ. Although it is modern in parts, many employees work in open-plan offices with suboptimal acoustics and ventilation. Kitchen facilities on each floor are a clear plus.

Kommunikation

Communication is extensive, with numerous Teams channels and frequent rollout updates via email. At the same time, leadership consistently promotes the use of AI across most work activities. Despite the high volume of information, it can still be difficult to stay fully up to date, as documentation is often scattered across Teams chats and local download folders.

Interessante Aufgaben

While there are many product modules to learn, the high workload often limits the opportunity to fully engage with them. Work in customer-facing departments is largely repetitive and involves managing a high number of tasks in parallel.

Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich

- my team was great and I strongly believe they can achieve great things outside of this company where there efforts would be better acknowledged and rewarded.

Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich

- Poor communication from top management
- lack of trust from top management is easily the biggest red flag here.
- poor salary increments
- no career development plans
- values are nothing but words on a paper. You keep hearing

To summarize, top management is what is holding this company back because time and again they've shown that

Verbesserungsvorschläge

Learn to care about your employees.

Appreciate them when they do a good job instead of putting them down. For a company with more than 600 employees,

Arbeitsatmosphäre

There's a clear lack of trust from top management down. Audits are carried out without relevant employees or subject matter experts being consulted or involved.
I've been asked to listen to a new senior hire just because of the fancy names on his CV. All this creates a pretty poor atmosphere to work and develop and can really effect ones self-confidence.

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I believe there's a disconnect with how employees perceive the company vs top management.

For example, top management will pat themselves in the back on how great their decision to layoff 10% of the headcount was vs how employees talk about how poorly managed it all was.

So I think top management is massively out of touch with the ground reality.

Work-Life-Balance

-1 star because of the inflexibility around the no holiday carry over policy which could be good depending on an individuals situations.
I'm not from the EU which means that I can't go spend time with my family and work remotely from there. This means that most of my annual holidays are gone by Jan/Feb which is usually when I can go home.
So, if you're going to constantly boast about how employees are from all over the world, then make the effort to be slightly accommodative towards their needs.

Karriere/Weiterbildung

No career development plans. I was with the company for nearly 3 years and not once this topic was brought up in any of my review calls. I don't blame my reporting manager because no career development plans exist.
Sure there are quarterly reviews, etc. but these are rather superficial with no real outcome.

The company would rather spend up to a year trying to hire someone external for a role rather than make the effort to either train or promote an employee. This is very demoralizing.

Gehalt/Benefits

Personally, I believe my starting salary was more than competitive but then the annual salary hikes are very poor and don't really match an individuals performance.

Also the difference in salary between team members is just unfair. I know colleagues who work as hard as anyone and are getting paid peanuts.

Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein

So definitely the focus dropped off after the new investors came on board.

Still I believe colleagues play their part. But then it doesn't really matter if top management is flying across Europe or cross-Atlantic on a regular basis.

Kollegenzusammenhalt

Arbeitsbedingungen

Once upon a time there were plans for a new Berlin office. From 2024, this was completely cancelled and all Berlin employees were given home office contracts or a very poor offer to move to Munich.
Since then, no efforts have really been made to provide a working space option for the colleagues based in Berlin. Sure, an offer was made to provide the necessary equipment for a comfortable home office setup but most people had this since home office wasn't really a topic from 2024 but before that.

Kommunikation

There have been attempts to improve communication in terms of introducing Barcamps, Town halls etc. but still, communication from top management remains poor.

Gleichberechtigung

Salary inequality is a big problem.

Within a team, there are cases of colleagues on the same seniority level earning far less than others despite being in the same location.

Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich

A amazing global team and a clear company mission that translates into purpose. Great environment and supportive culture where it feels like the work matters because everyone is working towards a common goal, no matter the department or market.

Verbesserungsvorschläge

More direction and communication around career development opportunities, including more options for external trainings.
Projects around improving company culture should be implemented faster and with more effort.

Arbeitsatmosphäre

Supportive and enjoyable work environment where people are valued

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Clear and strong purpose, and good image with clients. Could benefit from a stronger employer branding

Work-Life-Balance

High demands on work performance and it gets pretty busy, but employees are given flexibility to compensate for this independently

Karriere/Weiterbildung

Interesting opportunities if you know who to talk to. Quarterly performance reviews, but no long-term career development planning

Gehalt/Benefits

Salary is not very competitive

Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein

Lots of efforts, especially for a company of this size and in this industry, including a very comprehensive sustainability report

Kollegenzusammenhalt

Umgang mit älteren Kollegen

Staff is pretty young on average but overall people are treated fairly

Vorgesetztenverhalten

Always supportive and with an open ear for any problems

Arbeitsbedingungen

Very nice and modern office in the center of Munich

Kommunikation

Internal communication has improved over the last months. Some things could still be better but getting there

Gleichberechtigung

A culturally diverse team, but there should be more visible effort to promote more women into leadership positions

Interessante Aufgaben

Interesting work with a clear mission and purpose in a fast-growing company

Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich

cool colleagues and an incredibly supportive working environment where you really enjoy coming into the office

Verbesserungsvorschläge

- make career opportunities more visible, esp. for younger groups
- employee feedback collected through surveys could be implemented "faster" (in a reasonable time) and transparently with regular action progress
- communication can feel a bit out of the loop for some departments & would be great to provide more space to direct feedback to higher management

Arbeitsatmosphäre

enjoyable work environment, amazing colleagues

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might be a bit "under the radar", could benefit a lot from stronger employer branding, esp. for younger professionals

Work-Life-Balance

busy periods are normal but vacation is encouraged to take as well

Karriere/Weiterbildung

great opportunities if you take initiative and know whom to contact

Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein

increased a lot in the past years, there were a lot of small changes done & own CSR report is visible and spread

Kollegenzusammenhalt

Vorgesetztenverhalten

appreciative and supportive, always open for feedback

Arbeitsbedingungen

nice office in central munich, remote work / work from home is possible too

Kommunikation

overall good, some things

Interessante Aufgaben

challenging but very creative working environment

Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich

Entspanntes Arbeitsklima
Interessante Aufgaben
Tolle Bürolage

Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich

Dass immer wieder wirklich gute Menschen gehen gelassen oder gegangen werden, ob durch Entlassungswellen oder hinterhältigere Methoden. Passt überhaupt nicht zu den Werten.

Verbesserungsvorschläge

Höhere Gehälter zahlen
Derart extreme Fluktuation vermeiden
Nachhaltigere Produktstrategie

Arbeitsatmosphäre

Der beste Aspekt an diesem Arbeitgeber. Zumindest in meiner Abteilung sehr entspannt und doch produktiv. Führungskräfte geben sich kollegial und nahbar.

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Das Unternehmen ist kaum bekannt, aber Kunden scheinen die Produkte ansprechend zu finden. Das Büro wirkt ebenfalls sehr prestigeträchtig.

Work-Life-Balance

Überstunden sind nicht in der Tagesordnung gewesen. Einst sehr großzügige Home Office-Regelungen, welche zwischenzeitlich wieder strenger wurden, aber noch immer ausreichend sind.

Karriere/Weiterbildung

Angesichts der Unternehmensgröße eher beschränkt. Die obersten Positionen werden eher mit Neuanstellungen besetzt, soweit ich es mitbekommen habe.

Gehalt/Benefits

Es ist leider Unternehmenspolitik, eher am unteren Ende der Marktmitte zu zahlen. Zumindest gab es letztens etwas Inflationsausgleich.

Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein

Man macht was man hier tun kann. Sozialbewusstsein würde ich angesichts der letzten Kündigungen vielleicht in Frage stellen.

Kollegenzusammenhalt

Umgang mit älteren Kollegen

Es gibt nicht viele, vielleicht branchenbedingt, da vor allem Softwareentwicklung gemacht wird. Leider wurden einige langjährige Mitarbeiter durch Politik vergrault.

Vorgesetztenverhalten

Kollegial, um Fairness und Ausgleich bemüht, wenngleich sie wenig Zeit und Ressourcen haben.

Arbeitsbedingungen

Die Büros und vor allem deren Lage am Hauptbahnhof sind TOP und für Pendler ein Segen. Gibt auch Klimaanlagen, Rolladen, ansprechende Aufenthaltsräume, es wird ausreichend geputzt. Kann mich insgesamt hier nicht beschweren.

Kommunikation

Es wird viel kommuniziert, aber nicht immer das Wichtige. So gab es beispielsweise eine Kündigungswelle, verursacht durch einen neuen Investor, welche viele kalt erwischt hatte.

Gleichberechtigung

Vielfältig ist die Belegschaft auf jeden Fall, aber je höher in die Etage der eigentlichen Entscheidungsträger, desto deutscher und männlicher. Kein schönes Bild.

Interessante Aufgaben

Die RegTech-Produkte sind sehr modern und werden wahrscheinlich gefragt bleiben.