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29 Mitarbeiter:innen haben diesen Arbeitgeber mit durchschnittlich 3,2 Punkten auf einer Skala von 1 bis 5 bewertet.
- Die Zusammenarbeit mit hochqualifizierten und engagierten Kollegen.
- Die Möglichkeit, die eigenen fachlichen Fähigkeiten in einem kompetenten Team weiterzuentwickeln.
- Große Diskrepanz zwischen öffentlichem Image und internem Führungsalltag.
- Mangelhafte Kommunikation und unzureichende Einbindung bei Umstrukturierungen.
- Geringe psychologische Sicherheit; Risiko der Isolation bei Konflikten oder Restrukturierungen.
- Dringender Bedarf für einen Betriebsrat zur Sicherstellung fairer Behandlung.
- Unternehmenswerte aktiv vorleben, statt sie nur für das Marketing zu nutzen.
- Führungskräfte in grundlegenden Management-Fähigkeiten und wertschätzender Kommunikation schulen.
- Ehrliche Transparenz bei organisatorischen Veränderungen sicherstellen.
- Financial bonus provided to support home office setup
- Timely salary payments
- Quality business equipment supplied
UPDATE: My recent experience has been that the company attempted to legally discredit my review as “false.” In my opinion, this response reflects a broader unwillingness to take accountability for situations that may negatively affect employees. Rather than addressing feedback constructively, the company appears to focus on challenging individuals' accounts—even when those accounts are based on their personal experience during employment.
I have personally never encountered a company that responds to criticism in this way. In my view, such actions not only put additional pressure on current employees but also raise concerns about how the company handles honest, critical input.
Instead of engaging in meaningful internal reflection, the company's response seems aimed at dismissing or discrediting those who share their perspectives. I believe this approach may contribute to reputational damage and discourages open dialogue. Unfortunately, this reaction has only deepened the negative impression I’ve been left with—even after my time with the organisation had ended.
A disappointing conclusion to an already difficult experience.
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- The company has a noticeable “hire and fire” approach with high turnover.
- There is a lack of clear team structure, which impacts collaboration and efficiency.
- Onboarding feels like a “sink or swim” experience, with limited support for new hires. The mindset that only those who struggle and succeed on their own are valued may contribute to the high employee turnover.
- The work environment can feel unwelcoming, with questions sometimes met with frustration instead of constructive communication.
- There is little room for second chances; new employees are expected to perform fully from day one, with limited support, and may be let go quickly if expectations aren’t immediately met.
- Many employees do not complete the probation period, which some see as a point of pride internally, though it may reflect broader organizational challenges.
- The reality of the work environment often differs significantly from expectations set during the hiring process, leading to stress and uncertainty about job security.
- A limited number of annual vacation days compared to industry standards.
Based on my experience, I would encourage prospective employees to carefully consider whether this company aligns with their needs and expectations.
I believe the company would benefit greatly from creating clearer team structures and investing in leadership development for managers, including training focused on effective communication. Addressing any concerns around fairness and inclusivity could also help foster a more positive workplace culture. Providing employees with support and opportunities for growth, including second chances, would contribute to increased engagement and retention. When management recognizes the value of its people beyond numbers, I believe the company will see improvements and reduced turnover.
Ultimately, a company’s success is closely tied to employee satisfaction and well-being.
During my time at the company, I found the work environment to be quite tense, particularly for new employees. It often felt uncertain, as there were frequent mentions of colleagues either leaving or being let go. This contributed to a general sense of instability that made it difficult to feel secure in my role. Personally, I began exploring other job opportunities as early as my second week, as I felt the environment wasn't the right long-term fit for me.
The company’s frequent turnover and “hire and fire” approach may have a negative impact on its reputation over time. From my perspective, this environment could make it increasingly challenging to attract and retain talent. I hope the company considers focusing on building a more supportive and stable workplace to improve both employee satisfaction and its long-term image.
While the company promotes flexible hours and remote work as key benefits, my experience didn’t fully align with those expectations. Employees are required to digitally log their start and end times each day and submit a monthly record of hours worked. There also seemed to be an unspoken expectation to consistently work beyond standard hours, which made it difficult to maintain a healthy work-life balance. Ironically, I found remote work here to be more demanding than my previous in-office roles elsewhere.
The company offers competitive salaries; however, the frequent expectation of overtime work + a limited number of annual vacation days, can impact the overall work-life balance and the effective value of the compensation.
In my experience, the workplace atmosphere felt highly competitive and tense. Colleagues didn’t often collaborate or support one another, which I believe was influenced by the overall sense of job insecurity. It sometimes felt like people were more focused on self-preservation than teamwork, possibly due to the frequency of staffing changes. Unfortunately, this made it difficult to build trust or strong working relationships. Personally, it wasn’t an environment where I felt I could thrive.
From my observations, there appeared to be a strong focus on bringing in new employees, which contributed to an environment where some longer-tenured or older staff might have felt undervalued. This is something I’ve seen noted by other former employees as well. Overall, I did not feel this was a place where I could see myself building a long-term career.
In my experience, onboarding and training processes were minimal. New hires were often expected to become productive quickly with limited guidance, relying mainly on documentation rather than hands-on support. It felt like a "sink or swim" approach, where asking questions didn’t always result in helpful responses, either from the team or management. There also appeared to be little tolerance for early mistakes, and I didn’t observe a culture that emphasized learning, development, or second chances. Feedback, when given, tended to be vague and subjective, which made it difficult to understand how to improve or meet expectations. Overall, I felt that the environment lacked the structure and support necessary to help employees succeed.
The company provides good business equipment; however, employees are generally expected to set up their laptops and phones independently, which may differ from practices at other organizations. For those without strong IT skills, this can be challenging, especially given the limited support available. The remote work setup sometimes exacerbates these difficulties, as technical issues can take time to resolve. This occasionally impacted my ability to meet deadlines, despite efforts to troubleshoot on my own.
In my experience, there was a lack of clear team structure and accountability, which made collaboration challenging. At times, it felt like responsibility for issues was shifted around rather than addressed constructively. I also observed that some managers seemed unsure about role expectations or onboarding processes, which contributed to confusion within the team.
In my experience, the company’s approach to employee retention felt unpredictable and, at times, lacking in clear fairness or consistency. This contributed to a sense of insecurity among staff.
From my perspective, task distribution within the team lacked clear structure, and new employees were often left to determine their own responsibilities with little guidance. Without a formal onboarding plan, it was challenging to understand expectations or how to best support the team. If someone struggled to adapt independently, accountability was placed on the individual rather than on management to provide direction or leadership. This contributed to a feeling of uncertainty and made it difficult to succeed.
- Truely remote first
- Salaries are met on market benchmarks
- Smart people to work with
- Interesting product strategy proposition that the company is leaning in and developing on the long run
- Great co-workers
- Meeting culture
In general, I have seen Jimdo grow as a company on all levels over the past 3-4 years. Of course, there have been ups and downs (e.g. layoffs), but the company is really trying to improve on all levels.
What has gotten drastically better is the quick changes in short term tactics (e.g. for the next 6 months) - at this point it is much more focused on what everyone wants to achieve with a good balance of short term gains vs. long term investments.
It is definitely not perfect yet (as no company is), but it has the heart and pace to get to a better place, very thoughtful.
The one thing I still think is critical to move to is more asynchronous communication, because Jimdo is quite meeting-heavy and depending on your role this really slows down your delivery pace and flow state.
Salary on time
Culture is non existing
Listen to your loyal paying customers and your employees instead of trying to reinvent the wheel.
Climate of fear. Hire to fire.
Sinking ship
Remote work. But too much pressure.
Just charm your superior
Close to subpar - considering weekly hours and vacation
Socially engaged. But fires loyal employees. Two-faced IMHO.
Everyone is fighting for himself.
Not so many of them around anymore.
No true leadership.
ok
Woohoo-Meetings that are just a waste of time
ok I guess
It might be interesting if the company decided to take care of the important things instead of cultivating the "New Shiny Object" syndrome.
Remote work, Flexible Arbeitszeiten, wenig Mikromanagement & Kontrolle, Familienfreundlich, Blickt der Zukunft total positiv entgegen
Manchmal fehlt etwas die Transparenz & Kommunikation
Super entspannt & alle Kollegen sind sehr nett
Das Image ist leider etwas genickt (siehe auch alte Kommentare/Bewertungen), aber Jimdo arbeitet sehr gut und intensiv daran das Image zu verbessern und man spürt super viel Elan, Motivation & Vorfreude auf die Zukunft
Für mich aufgrund von Remote Work sehr sehr gut
Offen & Ehrlich
Aufgrund von Remote Work gibt es immer Verbesserungen in Sachen Kommunikation & Transparenz. Meiner Meinung nach kann Jimdo da etwas besser dran arbeiten, aber sie geben auf jeden Fall ihr Bestes.
Die Freiheiten durch remote work.
Fire & Hire!
Mehr Transparenz und Wertschätzung den Mitarbeitenden gegenüber.
Die Atmosphäre war je nach Abteilung sehr unterschiedlich. Anfangs war Jimdo ein Paradebeispiel für eine tolle Atmosphäre. Zum Ende leider nicht mehr.
Wurde leider von Zeit zu Zeit schlechter.
Auch hier gab es viel Freiheiten.
Nicht gegeben.
ok.
Hier wurde leider kein Wert drauf gelegt.
Dieser war bis zum Schluss toll.
Schwer zu beurteilen, da es nicht viele gab.
Sehr unterschiedlich.
Fair und Wettbewerbsfähig.
Keine Transparenz vom Management.
Sehr viele Projekte sind im Sand verlaufen.
Die Kollegen und Kolleginnen. Ein wahnsinnig freundlicher, hilfsbereiter und kompetenter Haufen, den diese Firma nicht verdient hat. Gehalt und Arbeitsgerät sind auch okay. Mehr aber nicht.
Die Geschäftsführung. Planlos manövriert man das Unternehmen immer tiefer in den Abgrund. Entgegen der eigenen Aussagen übernimmt man KEINERLEI Verantwortung für Fehlentscheidungen. Stattdessen feuert man Angestellte und feiert sich in der Presse dafür, dass man "sauviel" gelernt hat. Das ist einfach nur dreist und empathielos gegenüber den entlassenen Kollegen und Kolleginnen.
Sich endlich vernünftige und erreichbare Ziele für die Zukunft setzen. Nicht diesen Quatsch mit "wir machen alles". Außerdem wäre es super, wenn ehrlich mit uns kommuniziert werden würde. Wer offen aufmuckt, muss mittlerweile um seinen Job fürchten.
Der Arbeitsalltag lässt sich bei Jimdo ganz gut bestreiten. Das liegt aber weniger am Sinn der eigenen Arbeit, sondern an den menschlich und fachlich herausragenden Kollegen und Kolleginnen. Die sorgen dafür, dass man sich auch weiterhin durchbeißt, auch wenn man nach Jahren des Missmanagements eigentlich keine Zukunft mehr für das Unternehmen sieht.
Das einst tolle Image von Jimdo ist intern mittlerweile nur noch ein Scherbenhaufen.
Hybrides Arbeiten nach eigenem Gusto, immer wieder nette Care-Pakete und nur selten Überstunden. Also eigentlich vollkommen okay. Firmenfeiern wurde aber deutlich kaputtgespart bzw. komplett gestrichen. Das ist schlecht für das "Wir-Gefühl" im Unternehmen.
Bei Weiterbildung wird gerade massiv eingespart.
Unter Kollegen und Kolleginnen auf der gleichen Ebene ist der Zusammenhalt großartig. Er lässt sich wohl am ehesten mit der Kameradschaft im Schützengraben vergleichen. Gegenüber dem unteren oder mittleren Management muss man aber bereits vorsichtig sein. Denn hier tummeln sich schon die ersten Karrieristen, die für ein paar Pluspunkte beim C-Level ihre eigenen Untergebenen mit Freuden über die Klinge springen lassen.
Das Management scheitert seit Jahren daran, eine erfolgversprechende und nachhaltige Strategie für Jimdo zu entwickeln. Alle paar Monate wird das nächste große Dinge angekündigt und das vorangegangene große Dinge für gescheitert erklärt. Dafür übernehmen die C-Levler dann "die Verantwortung", nur um danach dutzende Angestellte rauszuwerfen. Die natürlich am wenigsten für das erschreckende Missmanagement können.
Hybrides Arbeiten nach Lust und Laune mit guter Hardware.
Es gibt regelmäßige Präsentationen, die immer nach demselben Tenor ablaufen: Wir sind großartig, uns geht es großartig und wir erwarten eine großartige Zukunft. Und dann wird ein Achtel der Belegschaft entlassen und ein großartiges Projekt nach dem anderen eingestellt. Wen wundert es da, dass so gut wie niemand mehr im Unternehmen an offene und ehrliche Kommunikation glaubt.
Durchschnittliches Gehalt, das stets pünktlich auf dem Konto ist. Große monetäre Benefits oder Prämien gibt es nicht.
Mein Aufgabenbereich fällt leider genau in das Chaos der "next big thing - cancel next big thing - start new next big thing - usw."- Spirale. Daher habe ich das Gefühl, dass alles, was ich mache, komplett wert- und sinnlos ist.
Ich habe immer pünktlich mein Gehalt bekommen. ich habe hier viele tolle Menschen kennen lernen dürfen, die aber fast alle nun gefeuert wurden.
Man bekommt Laptop und Smartphone von Jimdo gestellt.
Jimdo hat sich von einem richtig coolen Start-Up in eine Digital Treadmill verwandelt.
Jimdo muss seine Mitarbeitenden dringend wieder als Menschen wahr nehmen und als solche behandeln. Die permanenten Entlassungswellen und die hieraus resultierenden viel zu hohen Workloads für das verbliebene Personal stehen dem einfach entgegen. Ich vermisse bei Jimdo Empathie und Einfühlungsvermögen beim gesamten Management.
Um es vorweg zu sagen: Die Arbeit bei Jimdo hat damals richtig viel Spaß gemacht. Die Arbeitsatmosphäre wurde in den letzten 12 Monaten jedoch zunehmend toxisch. Dies lag jedoch im Wesentlichen an den Entscheidungen des Managements und einer völlig verfehlten Personalpolitik. Die kürzlich erfolgte Entlassungswelle, eine von vielen, hat die Stimmung nun vollends zerstört. Eine derart eingeschüchterte Belegschaft habe ich noch nicht erlebt.
Das Image ist durch Entlassungswellen und Preiserhöhungen inzwischen leider angeschlagen.
Auch hier muss ich sagen: Anfangs stimme die Work-Life-Balance bei Jimdo. Seit jedoch die Amerikaner das Ruder übernommen haben, hat sich das Life der Work unterzuordnen. Ein spontanes Zoom Meeting beim Abendbrot ist dann halt ebenso drin wie zahlreiche Überstunden. Muss man abkönnen.
Als langjähriger Mitarbeiter hatte ich ein sehr gutes Gehalt. Das Grundgehalt aller neuen Mitarbeitenden wurde aber immer weniger und die studentischen Hilfskräfte bekommen nun etwas mehr als den Mindestlohn.
Meine Kolleginnen waren der Grund, warum ich mich von dem Pferd noch nicht habe abwerfen lassen. Je schlimmer es "oben" zu geht, desto besser ist der Zusammenhalt. Ich hatte das Glück, meine Kolleginnen noch im Office kennen zu lernen. Die Zusammenarbeit ist dann noch einmal besser.
Es gibt keine älteren Kollegen bei Jimdo. Warum dies so ist, mag ich nicht beurteilen.
Ich hatte drei Mal richtig viel Glück mit den Vorgesetzten. Diese haben mich gefördert und gefordert. Das Arbeiten mit diesen Menschen hat mir viel Spaß gebracht. Dann jedoch hatte ich drei Mal richtig viel Pech. Meinen letzten Vorgesetzten hat man deutlich angemerkt, dass ihnen die Qualifikation und vor allem die Lust fehlte, mit uns zusammen zu arbeiten. Der letzte Vorgesetzte war dann auch der Grund für mich die Segel einzuholen.
Die Mitarbeitenden werden nun zunehmend überwacht. Durch die Umstellung auf Remote Only ist dies wirklich exzessiv geworden. Ich empfehle dringend jede Vereinbarung mit dem Unternehmen unabhängig auf Rechtskonformität überprüfen zu lassen.
Ich habe nur noch mit meinen direkten Kolleg*Innen kommuniziert. Selbst mein Team Lead hat mich gemieden und weitgehend ignoriert. So fühlt man sich, insbesondere im Home Office, nicht mehr als Teil eines Teams. Die Interne Kommunikation erfolgte ausschließlich über Chat. Über Produktneuheiten haben wir dann am Ende eher von unseren Kund*Innen erfahren.
Ich hatte die Chance, viele interessante Aufgaben bei Jimdo zu verfolgen. Dies ist mit dem Home Office aber völlig verloren gegangen. Zum Schluss wurde ich, und andere Kolleg*Innen dann weitgehend ignoriert, wenn es um interessante Tasks ging. Hier hilft dann nur noch Vitamin B weiter. Das darf in einem modernen Unternehmen nicht sein.
Without question, the company has a great team spirit and a supportive culture. In addition, you can really organize your work and time freely and effectively here.
If I hire a different consulting firm every six months. When I lay off more and more people but don't make sure there are the needed resources. When I let freelancers (de facto) make decisions about staffing and contracts. When I think this is a modern company, but actually there are often no annual talks, no goal setting, no communication. If I tolerate that consulting firms put employees under massive pressure so that they often get massively frustrated. When I don't trust my employees, don't ask them questions, don't listen to them. What happens then? Exactly. A company that might actually have been wonderful becomes a toxic environment.
It doesn't help to keep giving speeches and motivational presentations. Hardly any of this gets through to the employees. Rather, much of what is said is simply factually wrong. Therefore, it is better to look, listen, and really tackle things, and not just make speeches.
The commitment towards their customer and product.
Really poor leadership skills.
I got really unlucky with senior leadership and who I had to report to.
My manager did not communicate the lay off to me directly, there was no message, no slack note, no thank you nor goodbye.This was the case for many others in the creative unit.
In their comments the people team is claiming that employees received above-average severance packages which simply isn't true, seeing how many people are taking legal actions and going to court to fight for exactly that.
I do think Jimdo tries to care but in the end it's a corporate organization and what really matters is revenue over people. Since Jimdo grew too fast twice now, senior leadership needs to reconsider whether Jimdo really can be the agile and fast paced company they are claiming and wanting to be. Currently it looks like whenever they try, they fail.
The hire and fire mentality resulted in people being scared for their jobs. Interesting that hardly anyone from senior leadership had to go.
Getting consultants to do the pushing and execution of ideas that have been previously developed in-house, pitched and rejected by senior leadership, has been frustrating. Often these consultants then leave after a couple of months with no effect on KPIs and numbers.
Used to be good, now probably got a few cracks. There is not much of an employer branding. The culture changed a few years ago towards the "Netflix" approach - doesn't seem to work in Jimdo's case as many feel stressed and overwhelmed. Or do the wrong talents get hired? In that case here's you first problem to fix.
Since remote work was introduced the quality of work life balance increased. You will get late night slack messages or requests especially from American colleagues, but it's really up to you to be strict in these cases and take care of yourself and after work hours.
Internal promotions happen sometimes but more often external interim leaders will be brought in that sometimes do a great job and others that just rip apart units and don't get much done. In the end Jimdo always pays a lot of money for consultants to be onboarded and then leave again with hardly any effect on overall company performance.
Jimdo tries to pay market average but it really depends on your manager and therefore feels arbitrarily - no process of monitoring in place. With some managers you will have issues getting salary increases, others will be more fair in terms of performance and coherent compensation increases.
This doesn't really get any attention or space within the company.
Jimdoers are lovely, kind and talented people. If it wasn't for the leadership team and their decisions on how to act in tough times I would probably still recommend this company.
There are not really any "older / 50+" colleagues at Jimdo to my knowledge. Before the lay offs many employees have been with the company for several years, though.
Toxic. On the contrary to what the people team is claiming in their comments - there was no real senior leadership feedback process - with the frequent changes in reporting structures (at least every quarter), having a 360 feedback once a year doesn't really do the job. You have to push yourself and give feedback anytime you can, a thought through process doesn't exist. There is the classic top down feedback during performance reviews. 1o1s often got canceled due to overbooked meeting slots. If your manager was in the US you frequently have to make yourself available late in the evenings (European time).
Many times no goals were set within smaller teams, strategies and tactics that have been development by direct reports later were sold as the accomplishment of senior leadership or consultants.
Remote work and nice office in Hamburg, you can choose your devices
Jimdo's senior leadership is claiming transparency but the lay offs in summer showed they don't act up on it. There hasn't been 1o1 conversations between managers and their direct reports, email and slack accounts being deactivated within minutes, leaving 20+ people with no opportunity to say Goodbye to their colleagues. No appreciation for a lot of long term employees and their hard work. It was humiliating really. Looking at other companies that dealt with the same situation, Jimdo really didn't do a good job.
Although there is no woman in actual C level they are trying to give DEI some attention. Not sure about the pay gap, I think they used a service to minimize the pay gap between men and women which really is the least you have to do as a company nowadays.
Most projects felt very rushed, a million different micro goals, OKRs changing and tactics being put on hold with a lot of resources and time already invested towards them. Hardly any celebration of the things that went well in our unit.
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