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I felt a general frustration from employees regarding the management. Most feel that not much is moving forward anymore and communication and delegation is not working efficiently. Despite this, colleagues can have some good time together.
The external image seemed mixed to me. While some customers appeared satisfied, I often felt that the company’s external startup narrative was stronger than the internal execution. In my personal view, industry expertise in construction and operational follow-through did not always match the way the company positioned itself externally.
It depended a lot on the role and team. In my perception, workload was not always distributed fairly. Some people carried a large share of the operational work, while others seemed to have significantly less workload.
I also experienced situations where junior employees or interns were very present and committed, while management presence, especially in the Berlin office, sometimes felt limited.
Not many option to further develop or get coached by the management.
This is really the good part at machine26. Most employees are definitely fun working with.
From my perspective, management was often personally friendly, but leadership, open communication and delegation were weak points. I frequently had the impression that decisions and responsibilities stayed too centralized, which created bottlenecks over time.
I also felt that feedback from the team was not always taken seriously or acted upon. In some cases, recurring feedback seemed to be acknowledged but not meaningfully implemented.
Response times were another issue in my experience: management sometimes took a long time to respond to important topics, while employees were often expected to react very quickly.
Some contract terms also felt employee-unfriendly to me, especially regarding overtime compensation.
In my view, important decisions were often communicated too late or not clearly enough.
I also sometimes experienced that absences, holidays or workations by management were not communicated transparently to the wider team. In the company some employees think, that they are done with working and now want to chill and hide it from their employees and think, they wouldn't notice.
In my personal view, compensation was not very competitive for several roles. I had the impression that salary satisfaction was relatively low among several employees.
In particular, I felt that compensation for full-time interns who stayed and contributed for several months did not always adequately reflect their contribution.
There were no automated salary increases in my experience. Salary increases usually had to be actively negotiated and were not handled through a clear or structured process.
Several employees I was aware of had fixed-term contracts of 1–2 years. In my view, contract renewals were often handled too late. Even when employees raised the topic months before the contract end date to be able to plan, decisions and contract adjustments often happened very late. This created unnecessary uncertainty.
In one case known to me, an employee accepted a significantly reduced salary based on the expectation of receiving company shares or an equity-like participation. From what I have seen, this was not finalized or implemented, although the employee followed up repeatedly over a long period of time. In my opinion, this was handled poorly and damaged trust.