for robotics enthusiast only
Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich
Inspiring vision and mission-statement.
Could be a potentially great stop early on in ones professional career - if you are willing to fully commit yourself (for a limited amount of time).
Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich
Sadly one is faced with:
- high-pressure, high-energy, result driven environment (what they call "start-up spirit")
- what feels like limited (long-term) security
- fluctuating workloads (the will reach un-sustainably high levels)
Verbesserungsvorschläge
The vision of 'making (robotics) histroy' should still leave enough space for a sustainable environment.
Would be great if employee well-being would be higher regarded and fealt exchangeability could be reduced.
Arbeitsatmosphäre
In the instances where deadlines aren't dominating it might the atmosphere in some teams could be called jovial.
But when stakes are high and tension rises, the very mediocre office space contributes to a tense and sometimes downtrodden atmosphere.
Image
Turnover feels high due to 'hire and fire' mentailty.
Feels like there is a signficant gap between projected image and experienced reality.
Work-Life-Balance
Overtime as well as work during weekends / public holidays seem to just be expected. Working hours are not tracked and it feels like compensation of overtime is not intended.
In gernal the unsaid credo feels close to 'keep going no matter what'.
If you have an intrest in keeping sustainable working hours, you're on your own. But it's possibly to limit overtime if you do not cave under self-doubt.
Karriere/Weiterbildung
You have a truly saggering amount of freedom to try out new things and grown from experiences.
But there seems to be now structured employee development or planned trainings.
Great if you are fine with teaching yourself - but in the end you'll be limited by the freely available ressources.
Kollegenzusammenhalt
Has been better in the past and is highly dependant on the teams you are working in as well as with.
Some groups - especially of long(ish) time employees - have great team spirit and are very supportive of each other.
When it comes down to inter-department collarboration some teams more often than not clash instead of actually hearing each other out.
Interactions feel honest - although in the recent past it felt like some topics were just left out and most talks were purly work related.
Vorgesetztenverhalten
Goals are generally very ambitous most of times - tasks often do not come with a shedule other than to be done asap.
Decisions could be more transparent and feel like they might be overrules at any point in time.
Employee involvment is very much dependant on the department.
Some managers value employee opinions and show trust - others can feel pushy at the best of times.
Leadership is often sacrificed for simply working more.
Would be great if supervisors were more available / present in their teams.
Arbeitsbedingungen
Drastic differences in office spaces.
Highlight is the good IT and - although there is no true standard for assets, which sometimes may feel like preferential treatment.
Otherwise offices seem to be mostly repurposed spaces, that feel crowded and often noisy.
Depending on the building you're in you might get AC (or you might not).
Same goes for light conditions which range from gloomy to overly bright - and include daylight only for a select offices.
Overall conditions are decideky unequal.
Kommunikation
Communication is mainly driven by the 'vision' and marketing statements.
C-level tries to deliver regular updates - but often it feels like the updates are targeting more investors and less the concerns directly impacting the employees.
Some news were learned by word of mouth only or from the press in the past - could be more transparent / honest.
Gehalt/Benefits
Salaries are always payed on time and seem to be according to industry-standards.
But salaries are diminished by the uncounted overtime.
Also salary development is never pro-active and if pursued feels tedious as well as vague.
Gleichberechtigung
Male-dominant environment with very few part-time employees.
If your current stage of life does not account for work being the largest part of it, you'll have a overall harder time.
Interessante Aufgaben
I guess this is the one USP of the company:
You may end up working on very intersting topics and in very engaging teams. During those times work can feel truly inspiring.
Sadly this is not always the case and some tasks may feel like appeasment of other departments / busy work.