197 Mitarbeiter haben diesen Arbeitgeber mit durchschnittlich 4,4 Punkten auf einer Skala von 1 bis 5 bewertet.
169 Mitarbeiter haben den Arbeitgeber in ihren Bewertungen weiterempfohlen. Der Arbeitgeber wurde in 21 Bewertungen nicht weiterempfohlen.
Alle Bewertungen durchlaufen den gleichen Prüfprozess - egal, ob sie positiv oder negativ sind. Im Zweifel werden Bewertende gebeten, einen Nachweis über ihr Arbeitsverhältnis zu erbringen.
- the people I've met here
- the knowledge I've gained about the dating industry
- lack of career progression
- no mission and vision
- if you publicly aim to attract the best talent, you should also aim to invest in them and keep them with the company
- take feedback/criticism seriously, even if you don't like what you hear
You won't be happy if you're ambitious. There are no clear or standardized paths for career advancement/promotions and additional responsibilities are often taken for granted without being adequately recognized and appreciated. Slackers are tolerated, which fosters a culture of mediocrity.
Salaries are below market average. Since the takeover, more and more benefits (e.g. Bonusly, frequent office parties) have been cut with the promise to replace them in the near future. So far, these promises have not been kept.
Your experience will unfortunately depend on the team you join. However, ambitious people usually don't stay for long as some managers fail to recognize and develop their full potential.
The condition of the office is getting worse and worse. Once you get onboarded, you'll find that the most basic things, like reliable wifi, usable meeting rooms and clean (!) work equipment, are simply not provided. And no one seems to feel responsible for fixing these problems.
Upper and middle management often fail to coordinate and pass on relevant information to the affected teams and departments.
Unless you're just starting out in your career, you won't find any interesting or challenging tasks here. As a result, motivation is quite low in many teams as there are no clear goals to work towards.
The breakfast is nice but also nothing out of the ordinary. Company events used to be fun but who knows if they will be continued in the future.
LOVOO has clearly lost its course and isn't what it used to be.
Develop a REAL vision and mission for the future and try to, at least, keep a bare minimum of dignity within this group structure. And treat your employees better (there used to be times when this was the case) or otherwise you'll be left with nothing.
It's basically always the same people that get praised and rewarded. The fun and spirit of the "old LOVOO" is gone for good.
It's ok
You're not gonna have a burnout if you do it right.
This is a tough one. It's really hard to get into the development process - and even if you do, it's very possible that you're only getting promises, and are kept waiting for months or you are offered a promotion with little to no raise at all.
One of the things people complain about the most and rightfully so: wages are not competitive anymore and are also not keeping up with inflation at all. In fact, you're losing money if you don't belong to the small circle of employees who get (small) raises.
Over the past two years, the company has tried very hard to label itself green but the efforts are oftentimes short lived, actionist and/or serving only PR purposes.
There used to be very strong bonds within teams but also across. Since a lot of (good) people have left and the number of company events has decreased dramatically, this is not the case anymore.
There are hardly any and the ones that are there, are not really visible.
After quite a few management changes in a short time, leadership isn't what it used to be. It rubs off on lower levels and damages the working environment as well as progress.
In a lot of cases, the hardware isn't up-to-date. The offices don't get used as much as they used to and you can see that. Things like decorations and interior design are mostly outdated or display a lack of taste.
There used to be regular updates and townhall meetings but it's getting less frequent and information is mostly meaningless.
The new management team is male / straight / white and has no interest in diversifying the top. Also on the level below there are hardly any women or diverse people. Also there is a blind eye to sexist behavior.
If you're lucky, you'll get to work on something interesting. But since the courage and bravery of the old days is mostly gone, it's probably not gonna happen.
Dear LOVOOian,
Thank you for taking the time to give us detailed feedback on every single category.
First of all, we want to say how sad we feel that you have gained a generally negative impression of LOVOO and that you are pessimistic about the changes of the past years.
We have a vision that we are all working on every day and which we are gradually getting closer to. If you have any concerns or further ideas, our management always has an open ear, which he keeps emphasizing as it is really important to him.
For us, it is a harsh statement that you feel that you or the LOVOO employees are not treated well. It is very important to us to approach all LOVOOians in a respectful and appreciative way. This is in our DNA and is lived by the management, and all employees. Even if there may be disagreements, we stick to these values. In difficult cases, the Team and People Development Team can always be consulted for support. Equality is also very important to us. One example of this is that we currently have around 40 percent female managers.
It is really hard for us to hear, that you have the feeling, Lovoo isn't doing enough against sexist behavior, as this topic is very important to us and we don't tolerate any kind of discrimination. We have various rules of conduct, one-to-one meetings with the direct managers, and anonymous feedback methods to prevent issues such as sexist behavior. We are particularly keen to give employees the feeling that they can speak to us at any time about inappropriate behavior in order to create a generally fear-free working atmosphere. If you have any further feedback here, we strongly ask you to use one of these tools to share the feedback with us. Making our employees feel safe is our top priority.
The management and the employees themselves keep each other informed about new features, plans, problems, and projects through various channels and meetings, such as the show- and knowledge-time and the release board update. Furthermore, the management update takes place every two weeks, in which all managers participate and pass on important information to all employees. Not to forget the management Q&A where every LOVOOian can participate and ask questions. There are a lot of possibilities for all LOVOOians to get updated.
Again: We really think it's a pity that you don't feel heard and that you mostly feel negative about LOVOO.
We are very open to talk with you about your feelings, suggestions for solutions, and concrete examples of the problems that you see.
Please contact your direct manager or us via Slack or e-mail (jobs@lovoo.com), to talk about your concerns and thoughts in detail.
Greetings,
Your Team & People Development Team
Leider kommen mit dem Verkauf nicht nur Vorteile aber man fühlt sich als kleines Unternehmen gut wahrgenommen und die Lovoo-Interessen bleiben auch berücksichtigt
Hier wären 10 Sterne angebracht - es gibt keine Ellenbogen und jeder unterstützt sich gegenseitig.
Liebe:r LOVOOian,
vielen Dank, dass du uns als Arbeitgeber empfiehlst. Das freut uns sehr! :)
Es ist schön zu lesen, dass auch du den Kolleg:innenzusammenhalt so positiv hervorhebst.
Die Verbundenheit unter den Kolleg:innen von LOVOO ist in unseren Augen einzigartig und ein großer Bestandteil unserer Unternehmenskultur, die wir auch in Zukunft weiter fördern werden.
Wir sind aber auch an deinen Anmerkungen über den Zusammenschluss mit der ProSiebenSat1 Media SE sowie zu den Themen Image und Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein interessiert und fänden es super, wenn du diesbezüglich mit uns in den Austausch gehen würdest.
Kontaktiere uns dazu gerne über Slack, per E-Mail (jobs@lovoo.com) oder anonym über unser Officevibe Tool.
Nochmals vielen Dank, dass du dir die Zeit für eine Bewertung genommen hast.
Viele Grüße
Dein Team & People Development Team
Großartige Kollegen und Führungskräfte
Einfach top!
Führungskräfte werden gut ausgewählt und nehmen an einem gemeinsamen Führungskräftetraining teil, dass über mehrere Monate geht. Führungskräfte erhalten auch Feedback über Feedbackcircle von verschiedenen Personen und können sich so ständig weiterentwickeln. Darüber hinaus sind die top engagiert.
Die Meetingräume in Dresden sind nicht mehr wirklich benutzbar. Vieles an Technik fehlt dort (Ladekabel, Fernbedienung), ist umständlich (kabelgebundene Technik) oder ist veraltet (Sound, Kamera) um im Hybrid-Setup gut arbeiten zu können. Die Räume sehen so zwar sauber aus weil nichts weiter drin steht, aber schnell ein effizientes Meeting mit Kollegen machen ist schwer.
Das Büro befindet sich in einer Art Warteposition. Verständlich aufgrund der nach wie vor unklaren langfristigen Lage mit Corona, aber unverständlich wenn Teams Änderungen an ihren Räumen bräuchten, die sie aktuell nicht umsetzen können.
Es gibt verschiedene Kanäle. Slack wird intensiv genutzt auf allen Ebenen. Formellere Themen meist per E-Mail. Regelmäßig wird ein Management-Newsletter verschickt. Zweiwöchentlich gibt es ein kurzes und sehr operativ geprägtes Update von einem Sync aller Führungskräfte. Und zusätzlich noch das Q&A Format des Managements. Wenn einem in der Q&A mal nicht ausreichend genug geantwortet wird, hätte man die Möglichkeit sich im Nachgang der Q&A direkt an das Management zu wenden. Die sind super offen und nehmen sich in der Regel zeitnah Zeit für einen.
Als Verbesserung würde ich mir wünschen, dass die einzelnen Abteilungen noch stärker das Format Showtime nutzen um über ihre laufende und geplante Arbeit zu berichten.
Liebe:r LOVOOian,
es ist großartig dich schon so lange bei LOVOO zu haben - auf viele weitere Jahre mit dir! :)
Vielen Dank für dein ausführliches Feedback über all die wichtigen Details, die LOVOO ausmachen. Umso mehr freut es uns, dass du gern mit deinen Kolleg:innen und Führungskräften arbeitest.
Danke für dein Feedback zu unserer Showtime. Wir sehen es ebenfalls als wichtiges Austauschformat, um Informationen über Projekte innerhalb von LOVOO zu erfahren. Nächste Woche findet auch unser Open Space wieder statt, bei welchem die Zeit für die Wissensverteilung genutzt werden kann. Wenn du noch Möglichkeiten siehst, die Showtime intensiver zu nutzen, gib uns gern Bescheid. Du kannst das Feedback auch gern direkt an deine Kolleg:innen oder Führungskraft mitgeben, damit wir gemeinsam daran arbeiten können.
Danke auch für die Hinweise zu den Meetingräumen. Diese Punkte werden wir mit unserer Office IT besprechen.
Für weitere Fragen, Anmerkungen oder Wünsche stehen wir dir gerne persönlich via Slack, per E-Mail (jobs@lovoo.com) oder anonym über Officevibe zur Seite.
Sonnige Grüße
Dein Team & People Development Team
- Großartige und wertschätzende Feedbackkultur
- Starkes "Wir"-Gefühl innerhalb der ganzen Company
- Tolle Events & Benefits
- Fairer, wertschätzender und respektvoller Umgang über alle Ebenen hinweg
- Office Dogs ❤️
Maßgeblich beschreibend für die Arbeitsatmosphäre sind der Zusammenhalt innerhalb der Company und die Wertschätzung über alle Ebenen hinweg. Egal wohin man schaut - alle sind super motiviert und man arbeitet gemeinsam daran das Produkt voran zu bringen.
Durch völlig flexible Arbeitszeiten kann ich mir meinen Tag so einteilen, wie es für mich gut passt. Ergänzt durch die Möglichkeit immer Home Office zu nehmen, wann es notwendig oder gewünscht ist, ergibt sich für mich die höchst mögliche Flexibilität im Bezug auf die Work-Life-Balance. Durch viele Angebote der Company selbst, wie Sportangebote, After Work-Sessions, etc. steht nicht immer nur die Arbeit im Vordergrund.
Wenn man sich weiterentwickeln möchte, werden keine Steine in den Weg gelegt. Durch das Weiterbildungsbudget ist es kein Problem die Schulungen wahrzunehmen, die man für seinen Entwicklungsweg benötigt.
Das beste Team, in dem ich je gearbeitet habe! Aber auch abteilungsübergreifend arbeiten alle gemeinsam an unseren Zielen und freuen sich, beim After Work auch mal zusammen ein Bier zu trinken (...Möglichkeiten gibt es dafür einige! :)).
Super wertschätzend! Hier läuft es nicht nach dem Motto "Nicht gemeckert ist genug gelobt", sondern man erhält stets konstruktives und direktes Feedback sowie Lob. Der Umgang miteinander ist auf Augenhöhe und stets fair.
Das Büro ist super ausgestattet, hell, bunt, freundlich und einladend. Durch viele Goodies wie das tägliche Frühstück, die tolle Auswahl an Getränken, die ergonomisch eingerichteten Arbeitsplätze, und und und, ist man super gerne im Office. Aber auch im Home Office bekommt man alles, was man benötigt von der Company gestellt.
Es gibt viele Austauschformate in einer guten Regelmäßigkeit und es wird transparent über viele Kanäle kommuniziert.
Liebe:r LOVOOian,
Mega - Vielen Dank für die fast 5 Sterne! :)
Wir finden es klasse, dass dir die LOVOO Kultur so gut gefällt, du dich wertgeschätzt und in deinem Team und mit allen anderen Kolleg:innen wohl fühlst. Und es ist schön, dass du unsere Benefits, Events und vor allem Office Dogs so magst!
Komm’ gerne auf uns zu, solltest du mal Fragen, Wünsche oder Anregungen haben. Gern kannst du uns auch mitgeben, welches Feedback du hast in Bezug auf unser Image. Dazu kannst du uns direkt über Slack, per Mail an jobs@lovoo.com oder anonym via Officevibe erreichen.
Wir hoffen viele weitere LOVOO Momente mit dir verbringen zu dürfen und freuen uns riesig, dass du ein Teil von LOVOO bist! <3
Viele Grüße
Dein Team & People Development Team
More trust
be innovative
increase the salaries if you want to keep good employees
take brand serious
you have to make huge differences between berlin and dresden here. Dresden office is nice, full of colour, bright, friendly, open and warm. Whenever something nice happens, it is in dresden , not in berlin (beach party, nice wall decor, room concepts (forest) and so on)
most of the people take it quite easy on the job - guess because there is not much you can change with such a management and as salary is not high , people can profit from a better work life balance
Learning budgets are not tied to a person but they are company wide so you really have to "fight" for 100€ tickets - not what it used to be sadly
Average - you better negotiate good in the beginning as the yearly increase can be expected around 0-2% - which is really a shame
a few of the best people i ever worked with
Would be great to have the same level of office vibe in berlin as we have in dresden. Great that berlin has an office manager now - this will help to improve.
PR does what they can but sometimes this does not help, monthly q&a session (did not happen in the last few months) is a lot of "saying nothing with a lot of words". people are brave enough to ask the same questions over and over again but never get a satisfying answer. Questions like "do you think that the fluctuation is normal " or "why do we increase salaries after people decide to leave and not upfront" get laughed away - which is really sad.
Dear LOVOOian,
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and suggestions for improvement with us. We always read the evaluations carefully to be able to understand your gain points, but of course, also pain points.
We are always pleased to hear that the team spirit at LOVOO is enormous and that working together is fun in many ways. Further, we think it's great if our employees make good use of their work-life balance and that our employees are flexible in their daily planning when they need it.
It´s a pity that you find the office in Berlin not as lovely as the one in Dresden. Nevertheless, as you have already written, we have our new office manager with whom you can discuss and implement your wishes so that a nice working environment can also be created for all the colleagues in Berlin to add a special charm. The events will also increase again for both offices at the same time. We are really looking forward to it when the offices are filled with nice faces again after the Corona emptiness at various get-togethers.
Of course, we take your criticism regarding the communication between management and employees as a suggestion for improvement and try to be even more transparent in the future and after the holiday period, the Q&As will take place regularly again.
If you have any further training wishes or requests, you are welcome to contact us. So far this year we have been able to fulfill all further training requests and we are trying to continue to make this possible for everyone.
Thank you again for taking the time to give us such detailed feedback and feel free to contact us via slack or e-mail at jobs@lovoo.com or anonymous via office vibe, if you have any further concerns.
Sunny Greetings,
Your Team and People Development Team
With colleague's its excellent! Compared to other companies in Dresden there are good perks (breakfast, drinks in the office, nice parties). Minus one star for the unrealistic goals set to create pressure from management.
Verbesserungspunkt: Don't set unrealistic goals for employees.
Unfortunately LOVOO has not move passed the image of being "fake." The Razzia left a strong impression on its reputation.
Definitely not up to scratch for tech in 2022. They repeated often the expectation of 2 days a week in office, no chances for proper remote outside of Germany. High goals that even management don't have confidence in reaching.
Verbesserungspunkt: Develop a modern remote working policy in line with the tech branch where you expect to employ people. Set realistic goals.
Office management do a good job looking out for the environment. Attempts to bring more of a social conscience (e.g. looking out for women in the app) often get deprioritised.
Verbesserungspunkt: Actively encourage and prioritise actions that will lead to a better social functioning of the app.
No clear budget for professional development. The budget is assigned to teams and if one person uses it all there is nothing for everyone else.
Attempts to further your position can be taken as "getting too big for your own boots" and people are often perceived negatively by their managers for it.
Verbesserungspunkt: Transparent professional development budget for every person, not every team.
Great colleagues! A lot of lifelong friends made.
Incompetence from managerial staff doesn't get dealt with, despite HR receiving feedback from entire teams about it (it has also caused almost entire teams to quit). Goals set are unrealistic on purpose.
Verbesserungspunkt: Taking feedback from colleagues seriously when incidents happen would lead to much lower churn and better team satisfaction.
All the basics you need are there. There is no clear home office budget but most of the requests made to IT for things get fulfilled. The offices are really cool and in the perfect spot in Dresden.
Verbesserungspunkt: A clear budget, as many other companies have, will make it clear to employees what they are able to request to have a comfortable working situation.
There are monthly Q&As which were originally designed to keep transparency during the pandemic and discuss goals and results. This is mostly PR responses to critical questions from employees. The questions don't usually get answered honestly or clearly.
Verbesserungspunkt: Answer questions from employees honestly, thoroughly and on eye-level.
The pay is significantly lower than most comparable tech companies. Thanks to a recent acquisition, raises the last few years have been around 1% (significantly lower than inflation). This means that if you stay for longer than a few years you can expect to lose money.
Requests for raises or negotiations are not usually accepted. When a large part of the company brought this up in a Q&A the response from management was that salary adjustments only come when you start a job or move to a higher position. If you intend to apply here please negotiate well from the beginning, and be prepared to move after a few years to make sure your salary keeps up with the market and inflation.
The pay is average for Dresden. Unfortunately in the new age of remote work this is not enough to retain employees in tech (massive churn the last year, which you can check on Linkedin).
Cross-departmental work means you get a taste of a lot of different kinds of work! But the tasks don't change much over years.
Verbesserungspunkt: When people show interest in different departments and their work, be open to more flexible arrangements that allow people to work better cross-functionally.
Dear former LOVOOian,
We hear over and over that the team spirit is great, and of course, we feel it ourselves and are very happy and proud that this aspect is clearly reflected in our culture and that we continue to practice it. Glad to read you're excited about it too.
It's interesting that you're critical of work life balance, even though that's what we're so often praised for. Since the beginning of the pandemic, we have been working completely remotely for the safety of our employees. Currently, this is still the case if our employees want to and we will keep a hybrid model in the future.
Every one of our employees is committed to continuing their education and participating in various courses and further training. We have an extra budget for this, which is optimally distributed to all who want and need it. For this year we can confirm that we have been able to facilitate all training requests so far. It's a pity that it didn't work out in your case. If you like, we can discuss this again to understand why it did not work in your case, in order to improve such situations for the future.
We take your evaluation and criticism seriously and when you are open to it, we would like to have another exchange with you in order to better understand your statements. The unrealistic goals you mentioned would also be a topic of interest to us.
All in all our LOVOOians continue to work hard every day to further the goal and image of LOVOO, which is to connect people in a pleasant and safe way.
You are welcome to write to us at job@lovoo.com. We would be happy to talk to you.
Best regards,
Your Team & People Development Team
Depending on your team leader, you can either have a great experience (unfortunately not so common) or a terrible one (definitely more the management style enforced by LOVOO).
Great teams and colleagues, very nice offices, breakfast is a nice add-on.
The pressure is high and the goals very often unrealistic. Management even used to give 200% goals “for motivation” (Plot twist: it doesn’t work).
Low budgets for personal development which 1. Limit the trainings you can do and 2. Limit the number of people who can have access to it pro team. If you’ve started at the “bottom”, you will have great difficulty to reach a leadership position (even if you’re qualified) as LOVOO will always prioritise external hires for these positions, even if it means hiring less competent people.
Salaries are low compared to other tech companies and once you’ve settled, it is very complicated if not impossible to get a raise (1 to 2% raise at best).
As long as it helps their image.
The one great thing about LOVOO that hasn’t changed.
Never a problem, although the average age level is pretty young.
LOVOO promotes a flat hierarchy but Top Management specifically dissuades direct communication (put nicely). A lot of Head positions are decided based on the people’s capability of being cut-throat and ruthless with their teams (gaslighting skills are a plus). If you decide to work here, make sure you document every single communication with your manager and HR.
Compared to traditional German companies LOVOO offers good work conditions, but compared to other tech companies in Berlin, they’re average.
The Management QA sessions are a quite poorly executed show where the Top Management pretends to be transparent while not answering the questions truthfully or directly and seems oblivious to the fact that no one in the company is being duped by it.
Being friend with the Management helps a lot in order to get leadership positions, new opportunities and development possibilities. New hires get much more money than people who have been there for a while for the same kind of positions (in the same teams), causing strong injustice feelings between team members (and the reason why a lot of colleagues left).
Well… definitely not saving the world.
Dear former LOVOOian,
Yikes, not recommended, that´s very sad for us to hear that! :(
Nevertheless, we are happy that you enjoyed the team spirit at LOVOO, which is an essential part of our culture.
At LOVOO, management positions are sought through a professional selection process.
As managers carry a lot of responsibility, we make sure to hire skilled people and ensure fairness. The important factors for us are professional skills, social skills, and leadership competencies. Fairness and equality are also part of our culture and are very meaningful to us - so we want to make sure that everyone is treated equally. It's a pity that you perceived it differently.
We appreciate your detailed feedback and the time you took to provide it. Despite this, we would be happy about a subsequent personal exchange, if you were open to it?
Please contact us by e-mail at jobs@lovoo.com to arrange a joint appointment.
Best regards,
Your Team & People Development Team
Work Life Balance ist perfekt, besser geht es nicht.
Punktabzug gibts für ethisches Bewusstsein, es gibt immer noch recht viele Dark Patterns im Produkt.
Lovoo hat leider in der Öffentlichkeit immer noch kein super Image, aber es wird hart daran gearbeitet das Produkt kontinuierlich zu verbessern (und nicht nur das image zu stärken)
Für Dresdner Verhältnisse sehr gut, verglichen mit Berlin o.ä. kann Lovoo jedoch nicht ganz mithalten.
Liebe:r LOVOOian,
herzlichen Dank für deine Bewertung.
Es ist wirklich toll, dass deine Work Life Balance perfekt ist und du dir Zeit für dich nimmst, wenn du sie brauchst. So soll es sein! :)
Deine Kritikpunkte nehmen wir sehr ernst und würden uns über ein detailliertes Feedback bezüglich der von dir genannten “Dark Patterns” freuen. Unsere Product und Marketing Kolleg:innen arbeiten intensiv zusammen, um sowohl unser Image als auch die App zu verbessern. Wie von unserem CPO bereits erwähnt, freut er sich sehr darüber, wenn proaktiv Verbesserungsvorschläge und neue Ideen angebracht werden. So tragen wir alle dazu bei, unsere LOVOO App besser und sicherer für alle unsere User:innen zu machen.
Kontaktiere uns gerne direkt über Slack, per E-Mail (jobs@lovoo.com) oder anonym über Officevibe. Wir sind wirklich an deinem detaillierten Feedback Interessiert.
Viele Grüße
Dein Team & People Development Team
Durch den Verkauf, wurde leider
Liebe:r ehemalige:r LOVOOian,
vielen Dank für dein Feedback und die vollen Sterne in den meisten Kategorien.
Wir finden es sehr schade, dass du den Verkauf als Fehler empfindest und würden gerne mehr darüber erfahren, weshalb du das so siehst. Wärst du bereit uns dazu ausführliches Feedback zu geben?
Schreib uns gerne eine Mail, auch mit deinen Gedanken zu den Punkten die du kritisch bewertet hast (Gehalt, Karriere, Image) an jobs@lovoo.com. Wir würden uns sehr darüber freuen.
Viele Grüße
Dein Team & People Development Team
So verdient kununu Geld.