Flaconi doesn´t care about its people
Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich
The benefits and the growth of the product
Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich
All of the above points and the toxic environment that is created by micromanagement and lack of agency given to the teams
Verbesserungsvorschläge
- Prevent workplace mobbing and incompetence by hiring experienced leads
- Create a positive feedback culture, where valuable feedback is given situationally independent of the hierarchy level and where people including the leadership level learn to take it as an opportunity for growth rather than a personal attack
- Reduce the cognitive load on the teams, the overwhelming amount of meetings makes it impossible to do creative or focused work
- Give some agency to individual contributors, the current atmosphere of control and pressure kills the best ideas because people know they´ll never get to work on or implement them
Arbeitsatmosphäre
Depending on your department I think you can have a great time at flaconi. Unfortunately in my department the atmosphere was strained, there was no trust between the colleagues and it was obvious that some people were involved in their own power games, for which the rest of us became collateral damage.
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I think it´s quite positive for the outside world
Work-Life-Balance
Heavily depends on the dapartment you´re in, a lot of people are working overtime and always make themselves available, even on weekends, while others seem to have regular 9 to 5s.
Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein
Beauty e-commerce speaks for itself, greenwashing on the website and dubious (or most likely non-existent) recycling process at the office.
Karriere/Weiterbildung
There´s an education budget, but it´s not very easy to claim. Career-wise I believe it becomes difficult after the senior level.
Vorgesetztenverhalten
This is the worst aspect of life at flaconi. Some team leads have been at the company forever and have grown blind to the needs of their teams or have never gotten proper training to actually lead with empathy. Everyone on the team lead level and above is very clearly subservient to upper management and seems to lack any opinions or vision of their own. Challenging managers is also not encouraged and you may get in trouble if you express your honest opinion.
Making mistakes is not an option, the reactions to perceived shortcomings can range from silent disdain to open confrontation.
The strategy of the company is clear, this is a positive point - it´s growth above all else. Unfortunately the upper management is very ruthless and controlling when enforcing this strategy, so for me it was hard to maintain a healthy workload and my team had to work constantly under immense pressure.
Arbeitsbedingungen
The office is nice, albeit chaotic and a little dirty. There´re snacks, fruits, veggies and drinks for free and a booking system for desks which makes sure you can sit where you´re comfortable.
Kommunikation
There are a lot of meetings and slack channels at flaconi, it feels like you´re only talking to people the whole day, but this communication is rarely valuable as everyone seems to always want to push their personal agendas with no regard for productivity or honest feedback.
There´s little documentation of processes and finding things out always takes talking to multiple people from multiple teams, which leads to inefficiencies and stress.
Gehalt/Benefits
I think I was paid average for an e-commerce company. There´re a lot of nice perks though including a transport subsidy, urban sports club and flea market with cheap cosmetics.
Interessante Aufgaben
There´re a lot of projects going on and some of them are very interesting. There´re also a lot of repetitive tasks and unnecessary reporting.