Promising on the outside, broken on the inside.
Verbesserungsvorschläge
- Bring back leaders people look up to
- Lead with respect, not with fear
- German leadership style instead
- Live values that actually matter instead of putting some on the walls that people don't feel/care about
- Fight the root causes, not the Kununu reviews
- Add more people to cope with the work, instead of telling people 'there's always more work than we can do' - you stress people out otherwise
- Try to keep long-term employees to keep at least a little MP spirit from 2024 and before
Arbeitsatmosphäre
Leadership creates an atmosphere of fear and uncertainty. There is little trust between management and employees, and communication is mostly top-down with no room for feedback (of course they say the company always has an open ear, but one part of the team is just afraid, and the other part doesn't seem to care anymore).
Instead of former Live question feedback options via Slido, we were told that they appreciate 'talking face to face' adressing all kinds of stuff, and leaders apparently thought we would buy it or not understand what's actually going on.
Leadership lacks transparency and consistency. Decisions are often arbitrary, and favoritism is clearly noticeable. Managers rarely support their teams and tend to shift blame instead of taking responsibility.
It seems that investors force change with more and more leaders exchanged that then exchange people below them. It used to be 1 team around here, but now everyone's just fighting for their own.
Normal 'workers' are living in fear. Talk behind the scenes is super critical, many seem to be looking for another employer by now.
Image
The company's image is damaged by constant negative press and unfulfilled promises — it feels untrustworthy and outdated. On LinkedIn and Kununu, internal Marketing is being performed to make up for the massive people rotation. Once working here, you see that posts about value months and what not, plus the suspiciously positive Kununu ratings are just empty phrases.
Negative, but honest feedbacks like my Kununu rating here are tried to be shut down, as the company keeps on challenging parts of it and making Kununu take it ofline. Apparently that is how the image is being approached nowadays, instead of cureing what actually is leading to bad reviews and people feeling worse week by week.
Work-Life-Balance
Work-life balance is practically non-existent. Overtime is normal. Taking time off is of course 'totally fine, as long as the work gets done by someone else' - but every teammate themself is overloaded already.
Karriere/Weiterbildung
There is a small budget, but no time to use it or a clear career path.
Gehalt/Benefits
Salary is below industry standards, at least for people being here for a bit longer. Benefits are minimal, and there is little recognition for extra effort or achievements.
Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein
Leaders fly over the whole continent regularely and don't care - but hey, we're donating bottle caps.
Kollegenzusammenhalt
Colleagues are still somewhat supportive and try to make the best out of a difficult environment. However, high turnover and low morale make it hard to build stable working relationships. Cynicism spreads fast.
Umgang mit älteren Kollegen
No issues with elder people, but the people being around for years are not treated equally in terms of salary or respect.
Vorgesetztenverhalten
Feels like americanized leadership by now. Forced rotation of the people below leadership, to show they are 'acting in challenging times' (One leader even mentioned in front of everybody that 'there's an unwritten rule that new leaders have to show change' - well, thanks!) instead of keeping good employees and improving their skillsets(the few ones that want to stay). Most leaders are in USA and do not feel connected to the base at all.
Arbeitsbedingungen
The tools and processes are outdated, which makes daily work unnecessarily inefficient. There is little progress in improving the work environment, and with every new leader the focus shifts again. Only smaller innovation was reached the past months/years, which is sad for a so called 'scale-up'.
Kommunikation
Internal communication is poor. Important information is either shared too late or not at all, which creates confusion and unnecessary stress. There is no culture of open dialogue anymore. Rumors fill communication voids.
Instead, they try internal marketing with value months etc, that nobody seemes to care about.
Gleichberechtigung
Nothing I can prove, but I heard bad things. I guess the affected people were not brave enough to go to HR.