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Nice colleagues but incredibly high pressure environment.
Ex-Angestellte/r oder Arbeiter/inHat bis 2025 bei Knowunity GmbH in Berlin gearbeitet.
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A lot of opportunities to learn and grow. It can be fun when people are trusted to get on with their work. The product is cool and can be exciting to contribute towards.
Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich
Low pay, very high pressure environment, pivoting constantly and changing goals along with such pivots. Unrealistic expectations. Some leaders are toxic and this has an incredibly negative affect on teams and individuals.
Verbesserungsvorschläge
Recognise your employees as human beings and listen to them. I don't understand why the employee survey was scrapped, I can only assume it's because you knew how bad things were getting and didn't want to hear any negative feedback. That's how to destroy a company culture.
Understand that the workloads are not sustainable and you will push more good employees to leave. Stop favouritism - it's very obvious and very demotivating for others who are working very hard with little to know recognition. Don't allow micromanagement and trust the people you employ.
Recognise what your employees achieve; at all levels, and let them know when you're pleased with their work, not only when you're displeased.
Providing free pizza and fruit in place of expecting everyone to work into the evening is not the definition of a positive culture.
Remove toxic leaders and recognise the affect they have on the entire team.
Work-Life-Balance
We moved from hybrid to in office work. This wasn't a good fit for a lot of colleagues who had signed a hybrid/ remote contract. Remote colleagues who were living in other countries were they'd have to move to Berlin in order to keep their jobs. This was part of the big 'Knowunity 2.0' announcement, which also involved unofficially bumping up the work week to 50+ hours a week, and those who weren't willing to do this, left the company. There was an expectation to always be available; Slack messages and demands over the weekend after after hours. You are expected to live and breathe this job. During the post 'Knowunity 2.0' announcement, a colleague was even told that this job should be their priority; and leaving the office 'on time' was not acceptable. Toxic expectations for juniors to be working the same long, hard hours that the founders do.
The employee survey was scrapped out of the blue which meant no one had an opportunity to express how displeased they were with the changes in culture and unrealistic expectations.
Karriere/Weiterbildung
Good opportunities for promotion and skills learning.
Kollegenzusammenhalt
A pleasant team of colleagues, mostly all passionate about working towards the same goal. Unfortunately I saw a massive cultural shift which changed this from a place of excitement to a place of intense pressure; unwritten (and often even written) expectations of people staying in the office until past 9pm. I saw a lot of exhausted and burned out colleagues, with such issues not being addressed or remedied by leadership. Several colleagues left due work-inflicted stress and sickness. Speed is prioritised over quality, often resulting in time wasted on multiple revisions of failed product feature releases
Umgang mit älteren Kollegen
A very young team, there aren't any 'older colleagues'. In fact, they actively don't seek to employ or retain 'older colleagues'. I've witnessed many older and more experienced colleagues being forced out after bringing their experience and perspective to things, which isn't looked upon with consideration or curiosity by leadership.
Vorgesetztenverhalten
A mixed bag. I came across both nice and toxic management during my time there. A lot of micromanagement happening and little trust in subordinates (dependant on team/ manager). It's a shame that the thriving company culture wasn't nourished by leadership; there was a big shift which saw a very clear desire to push everyone to their limits without much understanding or empathy of the humans that were being pushed.
Kommunikation
Generally clear communication from leadership when it comes to company goals, investor funding etc. Not clear when it comes to daily tasks and ever-changing goals. Major changes with product and strategy are often not fully communicated to all involved stakeholders, causing time wasted on unnecessary work, and delays in alignment. Intense meeting culture with fully blocked calendars, some senior members aren't available to support their teams.
Gehalt/Benefits
No clear pay-scale and huge discrepancies in salaries in comparable roles. Salaries below average for a start up of this size.
Gleichberechtigung
A diverse team of colleagues from different backgrounds, but generally a very young team. Comments were made by leadership about wanting to 'keep the team young', they never employed anyone over the age of 40. There is a large gender pay gap that needs to be addressed. The system of praise, salary increase, and promotion is male-centred. This was raised with HR before and nothing came of it.
Interessante Aufgaben
Lots of opportunity to get involved in tasks and projects beyond your job title. A typical start up where you will be pushed and pulled into multiple projects; which can be messy, but also a good place to gather experience. One positive; Irrelevant of your place in the hierarchy - ideas are welcomed and listened to; often resulting in some interesting product changes.
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Sinnvolle Arbeit mit viel Verantwortung in einem schnelllebigen Arbeitsumfeld
Angestellte/r oder Arbeiter/inHat zum Zeitpunkt der Bewertung im Bereich IT bei Knowunity GmbH in Berlin gearbeitet.
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- Millionen von Nutzern ermöglichen es datengetriebene Entscheidungen zu treffen und ein gutes Gefühl dafür zu entwickeln welche Produktänderungen wirklich wichtig sind
- Hohe Eigenverantwortung mit echten Möglichkeiten, was zu bewegen
- Verbesserung von Bildung für Millionen von Nutzer:innen weltweit – insbesondere auch in Entwicklungsländern mit eingeschränktem Zugang zu Bildung und Nachhilfe
- Junges, sehr motiviertes Team
Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich
- Kann sich zeitweise hektisch anfühlen
- Gelegentlich sehr lange Arbeitszeiten
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Mission‑driven team that truly cares
Praktikant/inHat zum Zeitpunkt der Bewertung im Bereich Marketing / Produktmanagement bei Knowunity GmbH in Berlin gearbeitet.
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I really enjoy working at Knowunity. The company has a strong mission, and you genuinely feel that your work matters and directly helps students learn better. The people are smart and kind, colleagues are collaborative, open to feedback, and genuinely supportive rather than competitive. Even as an intern, I experienced a high level of ownership: you get a lot of responsibility and trust early on, and your own ideas and initiatives can actually have real impact.
There’s also a clear learning culture. You have plenty of room to grow, try out new things, and learn from other disciplines like product, data, design, and engineering. The mindset is very user‑centric: decisions aren’t made just on gut feeling, but based on conversations with real students and on actual usage data.
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Don’t trust the good reviews
Ex-Angestellte/r oder Arbeiter/inHat bis 2024 bei Knowunity GmbH in Berlin gearbeitet.
Arbeitsatmosphäre
Lots of pressure no appreciation
Work-Life-Balance
Non existing.
Kollegenzusammenhalt
The people working there mean well and try their best. This is probably the only reason why people stay.
Kommunikation
It will only be communicated if something bad is up or they are unhappy with you.
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erratic hire and fire
Angestellte/r oder Arbeiter/inHat zum Zeitpunkt der Bewertung im Bereich IT bei Knowunity GmbH in Berlin gearbeitet.
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nice team
Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich
irrational decision making
process theatrics with no real outcome
high turnover as a result
Verbesserungsvorschläge
make a plan for more than 3 months
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Not so lean and not much elite
Angestellte/r oder Arbeiter/inHat zum Zeitpunkt der Bewertung bei Knowunity GmbH in Berlin gearbeitet.
Arbeitsatmosphäre
Chaotic task flow and destribution due to lack of goals understanding, patience and planning. After the Series B announcement and subsequent Knowunity 2.0 manifesto, a few dozen people left, which made the workload absurd.
Work-Life-Balance
During the Knowunity 2.0 announcement, the founders forced 5 days office week and 50+ hours work per week. This is not reflected in any contract, as it is illegal.
Karriere/Weiterbildung
Getting burned out is hardly a development.
Gehalt/Benefits
Salary is okay, but the lack of any standard benefits negates that.
Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein
The company shifted focus to be a wrapper around LLMs, which have a dramatic environmental impact.
Umgang mit älteren Kollegen
There are no older colleagues.
Vorgesetztenverhalten
Micromanagement everywhere. Feedback sessions are one-sided—every complaint is being ignored under the premise that one should fix the problem themselves, even if the problem is outside the scope of responsibilities. Constant gaslighting with being blamed for things one has nothing to do with.
Arbeitsbedingungen
The office is smelly and has not enough space for everyone. Old used laptops. Cheap Chinese furniture. Finding a place to hold an online meeting is a quest. Zero privacy.
Kommunikation
Regular meetings with stats and numbers.
Gleichberechtigung
No idea, but the upper management in its entirety consists of white male.
Interessante Aufgaben
No extent to work independently with regular micromanagement interventions.
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Great team, real impact, and a lot of learning opportunities
Ex-Angestellte/r oder Arbeiter/inHat bis 2023 im Bereich Marketing / Produktmanagement bei Knowunity GmbH in Berlin gearbeitet.
Arbeitsatmosphäre
young and driven team with a lot of motivation
Work-Life-Balance
Very good - you need to perform and push yourself, but you also have plenty of freedom, like generous remote work options
Karriere/Weiterbildung
you will get a learning budget
Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein
Creating a global impact by bringing education to underprivileged communities in Latin America but also contributing to educational equality in Europe and US
Kommunikation
short and fast communication paths, even with the founders
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Important mission in Ed-Tech and super nice colleagues
Angestellte/r oder Arbeiter/inHat zum Zeitpunkt der Bewertung im Bereich Marketing / Produktmanagement bei Knowunity GmbH in Berlin gearbeitet.
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- amazing team events
- super helpful and nice colleagues
- Interesting and challenging tasks
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Bad management. They fired a lot of people for no reason other than the management people made bad money decisions.
Ex-Angestellte/r oder Arbeiter/inHat bis 2023 im Bereich IT bei Knowunity GmbH in Berlin gearbeitet.
Arbeitsatmosphäre
Tiny office. Everyone crammed next to each other. No one to help as it is super understaffed.
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Great place to work with a strong vision!
Angestellte/r oder Arbeiter/inHat zum Zeitpunkt der Bewertung im Bereich IT bei Knowunity GmbH in Berlin gearbeitet.
Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich
- I get a lot of feedback from my manager in our monthly feedback sessions that help me to improve.
- I am particularly excited about the vision of Knowunity and the positive impact on millions of students.
Arbeitsatmosphäre
Great team with ambitious goals
Work-Life-Balance
Flexible working hours
Karriere/Weiterbildung
Personal development budget for courses and workshops
Vorgesetztenverhalten
Regular feedback sessions and clear goal setting
Kommunikation
Good communication within the team. Proactive and open communication from the leadership team
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Wir setzen auf Transparenz
So verdient kununu Geld.
Fragen zu Bewertungen und Gehältern
- Basierend auf 34 Erfahrungen von aktuellen und ehemaligen Mitarbeiter:innen wird Knowunity durchschnittlich mit 4 von 5 Punkten bewertet. Dieser Wert liegt im Durchschnitt der Branche Internet (4 Punkte). 45% der Bewertenden würden Knowunity als Arbeitgeber weiterempfehlen.
- Ausgehend von 34 Bewertungen gefallen die Faktoren Gleichberechtigung, Kollegenzusammenhalt und Interessante Aufgaben den Mitarbeiter:innen am besten an dem Unternehmen.
- Neben positivem Feedback haben Mitarbeiter:innen auch Verbesserungsvorschläge für den Arbeitgeber. Ausgehend von 34 Bewertungen sind Mitarbeiter:innen der Meinung, dass sich Knowunity als Arbeitgeber vor allem im Bereich Work-Life-Balance noch verbessern kann.