Good teams, bad leadership
Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich
You have a remarkable ability at putting together good teams made of decent people. Give them the leadership and guidance they deserve.
Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich
There seems to have been a mounting decline in terms of respect and care for the employees. Some people who have recently left the company have been dismissed without a "goodbye" or any form of thanks for their hard work. Some other decisions taken by the leadership team have been a complete failure, but no accountability has ever been taken and entire teams have been dismantled instead. The power that certain elements inside the C-level suite hold is strongly disproportional to their capabilities and, frankly, inexplicable. Trust is at an all-time low, and risks to go even lower without a significant change in terms of attitude and understanding. Micromanagement is also very widespread and is causing a strong sense of despair and mistrust.
Verbesserungsvorschläge
Trust your reports more, and try listening to them when they suggest changes or adjustments or resist new initiatives that might backfire. Bizarre and self-promotional initiatives are already costing the company money, talent and time, as well as causing mounting discontent. On a similar note, empathy, understanding and communication often go a long way: you are free to take business decisions, as painful as they might be, but basic decency is never optional.
Arbeitsatmosphäre
The team is fun, and people are talented, compassionate and great to work with. The company definitely does a good job in keeping the company culture at its core.
Work-Life-Balance
Could be improved, however flexible working hours and the fully remote policy are definitely rare to find nowadays.
Gehalt/Benefits
The salary is very uncompetitive, and the explanations given for the lack of inflation adjustment were very faulty and unsatisfactory.
Kollegenzusammenhalt
I have never noticed any conflict or issue among team members. People seem to work well together and are often friends outside of office hours.
Umgang mit älteren Kollegen
Older colleagues are respected, and never mistreated or singled out.
Vorgesetztenverhalten
Also here, it depends. Leads and heads try their best to help and support their reports, while C-level is often brutal in their interactions (this, however, does apply only to some C-level executives and not to the whole suite): coldness, bluntness, almost rage are often barely concealed, and there is a tendency at taking bizarre and irresponsible business decisions whose fall is ultimately always taken by less important employees. The recent hiring of an executive whose role is basically that of a "hatchet man" is self-explanatory.
Kommunikation
It depends. Generally line managers are pretty open and communicative, and really try to build a sense of trust inside their teams. On the other hand C-level is often shady and impulsive, and rarely opens up. The same partial and confused explanations are used over and over, as if they were some sort of defensive shield. In one case, a very bad command of English has also proven to be problematic and the source of many awkward and challenging conversations.
Gleichberechtigung
Good attempts at gender equality have been made.
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Arbeitgeber-Kommentar
Thanks for sharing your feedback. We're really glad to hear that the people and team culture have been a highlight for you.
We hear you on the concerns around leadership, communication and compensation. This kind of feedback will help us improve our processes, and we do want every team member to feel respected and heard.
Wishing you all the best in your next chapter!