PowerUs

Bewertungen

Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich

Sales team before layoff

Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich

Toxic working atmosphere, incompetent upper management, celebrating low performers

Verbesserungsvorschläge

Change the management team, hire a fair and capable HR team and create a working product.
Dont let highperformers go. Dont just hire someone because of his or her gender but of the capabilities and qualification of the person.

Arbeitsatmosphäre

Unfortunately I had to change some true passages due to a complaint

Apart from the mood in the sales team due to permanent overperformance, the mood in the company was characterized by the celebration of memes and trivialities in various pointless weekly meetings. This was before a personal layoff crusade initiated by one of the incompetent founders who took over the commercial department after nearly everyone got fired ,supported by a toxic, radically vegan/feminist HR and a newly hired VP Account Management who carried everything but havent worked in a similar position for years!

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A lot is being done to create a great image.

It's also difficult to tell customers how badly the product actually works

The layoff has burned the name in the start-up scene.

Work-Life-Balance

A lot of home office possible and freedom under the former management team in sales.
After layoff and takeover by a founder only micromanagement and time clock feeling.

Karriere/Weiterbildung

Gehalt/Benefits

Salary was good if you overperformed. You get some Esop if you are lucky enough to stay some time but keep in mind you can be terminated at any time even if you achieve your quotas. For the commercial departments therefore not really a benefit you can count on.

Very unfair pay for individual team members and departments.

Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein

We were encouraged to travel a lot and also celebrated in meetings when managers from South East Asia or vacation islands were invited. The whole company was invited to parties on ships or abroad. Air conditioning systems were operated with the windows open.

Kollegenzusammenhalt

With a few exceptions, one of the best, most effective and most successful sales teams I have ever worked in.
Unfortunately, half of them were made redundant in one fell swoop.

Umgang mit älteren Kollegen

There's hardly anyone else over 40.
But no consideration is given to them.
All that matters is the well-being of female colleagues and generation self-fulfillment without performance.

Vorgesetztenverhalten

C-Level is responsible for an inhumane layoff due to personal differences.

It's generally stuck to people who just say yes, send memes, pretend to work hard in their workation or if you burn a lot of money for the company.

If you show commitment, bring numbers and think for yourself, you are always on the hit list.

Until the end, no management style was recognizable or decisions were made rationally.

Arbeitsbedingungen

The old office was very modern and you got good work equipment. There was also a fridge and a fruit basket if HR mangaged to fill it properly.

Kommunikation

If you like 20 tools and more than 3 communication channels, you've come to the right place.

Gleichberechtigung

If you don't submit to HR's agenda, you'll have a hard time, especially as a man. Things are simply insinuated, meetings are booked or anonymous complaints are invented.

HR pushes a feminist agenda with hatred for white, male colleagues regardless of sexuality.

Every opportunity, whether it's a company party, game night or lunch, is used to try to get people to adopt a vegan lifestyle and no alternatives were offered.

Interessante Aufgaben

The task was very monotonous, as the product doesn't have much to do with SaaS and is very simple.

Cold calling in the morning, demos in the afternoon. Meeting with the company and next week all over again.

Verbesserungsvorschläge

The founder duo and the overall leadership team need to be reconsidered.

Arbeitsatmosphäre

The work atmosphere in the sales department was unparalleled. Unfortunately, the performance and incredible successes of the sales department were always downplayed. The “successes” of other departments were consistently valued and celebrated, even though in other companies, they would have been considered significant losses.
I never felt like a part of the team in total.

Work-Life-Balance

What is outstanding is the opportunity to do home office and workation!
Unfortunately, the commercial founder deliberately ensures that working hours are strictly monitored, and messages being sent during weekends, etc.

Karriere/Weiterbildung

Gehalt/Benefits

The salary is good, but only if the targets are achievable. Bonus structures seem to be constantly adjusted, as are pricing models, which directly impact the ability to meet those targets. The founder doesn’t understand why the team “earns so much money” and expects everyone to prioritize the company over their own salary.

Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein

The air conditioning runs while the windows are open, a massive office space is available, but less than half of it is used—yet it is still heated and lit.

Kollegenzusammenhalt

The team cohesion in the sales department is outstanding, but it is nonexistent with other departments.

Vorgesetztenverhalten

Catastrophic leadership behavior, including micromanagement. Decision-making processes are neither transparent nor rational.
Goals are unattainable, and failure to achieve them is carried on the backs of employees, who pay for the leadership’s incompetence through their lost bonuses.

Kommunikation

It is often said that communication is the most important thing. At PowerUs, however, it’s more about pretending to communicate.
The teams communicate extremely poorly with each other, relying on countless tools that often lead to miscommunication or go nowhere.
The worst communication, however, is with the founder responsible for the commercial department.

Interessante Aufgaben

The work was highly repetitive, as the product is straightforward and has little to do with SaaS.
Simple product that is not really evolving and simple customers.

Verbesserungsvorschläge

Even as a start-up, the company should prioritize establishing solid structures and clear communication.

Restructuring and layoffs are always challenging but should be addressed proactively. This doesn’t mean creating unnecessary panic but rather fostering transparency and open communication with employees.

Arbeitsatmosphäre

Open reception and a pleasant working atmosphere in the office. The hardware is excellent, and remote work is no problem either.

Work-Life-Balance

A big positive is the freedom you have in organizing your work. As long as your performance remains above average and you complete your projects, you can structure your tasks as you see fit.

Karriere/Weiterbildung

Vorgesetztenverhalten

Managers are unaware of their responsibilities and often lack the experience or ability to effectively lead a team. This is typical for Start-ups, where rapid promotions often result from networking rather than proven skills. While feedback mechanisms exist, they tend to lack clarity and directness.

Managers frequently appear overwhelmed, especially when it comes to delivering constructive or critical feedback. They often enjoy the benefits of a managerial role but shy away from addressing uncomfortable issues —hardly a display of strong leadership qualities. Additionally, a lack of structure and focus is common, with key topics and meetings often overlooked or poorly managed.

Kommunikation

The communication within the team is decent but has room for improvement. The manager struggles to provide direct and straightforward feedback; it’s often vague and lacks the clarity needed to take actionable steps. There is a noticeable lack of managerial qualities.

Interessante Aufgaben

The level of flexibility largely depends on the department you work in. However, since the focus is primarily on the same client, the scope for variety in daily tasks can be somewhat limited. At the same time, the start-up offers a great opportunity to drive change, as established processes and clear structures are still being developed.

Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich

lockere Atmosphäre, nette Kollegen, cooles Büro, gutes Produkt

Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich

Vergütung im Vertrieb + unrealistische Zielvorgaben

Verbesserungsvorschläge

- Strukturen schaffen
- weniger Involvement der Gründer
- es genügt nicht einfach locker zu sagen "wir haben einen Fehler gemacht" und keine großartigen Veränderungen anzustoßen.

Arbeitsatmosphäre

schickes Büro, Home office möglich, aber nicht bei allen gern gesehen, es werden Überstunden erwartet

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dafür dass es PowerUs schon eine Weile gibt und sie erfolgreich sind, relativ unbekannt

Work-Life-Balance

man sollte keine 40h - Stunden-Woche erwarten...

Karriere/Weiterbildung

Gehalt/Benefits

Gehälter zwar angehoben, aber im Branchenvergleich ist da noch Luft nach oben, Compensation Plan naja...

Kollegenzusammenhalt

Kollegen sind top!!

Umgang mit älteren Kollegen

gab keine älteren Kollegen

Vorgesetztenverhalten

Transparenz und gute Kommunikation

Kommunikation

Die Gründer scheinen keine klare Strategie zu verfolgen bzw. sie zu kommunizieren. Viele Experimente, die auf Kosten der Mitarbeiter ausgetragen werden

Gleichberechtigung

gut

Interessante Aufgaben

der Vertrieb besteht bei PowerUs daraus fast schon wahllos Unternehmen anzurufen (Kaltaquise)

Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich

Salary & most of the colleagues

Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich

Culture, Product and Leadership Team.

Verbesserungsvorschläge

Hire more woman. Change the leadership team. Get a marketing and a decent design team to change everything. Fix the toxic gym bro culture. And most importantly: Trust the people you hired.

Arbeitsatmosphäre

It went downhill quite fast. In the beginning it was a nice atmosphere but it changed dramatically in the last months. People got fired with weird reasons or left as they saw everything unfolding.

The leadership team tried to "fix" everything with communication guidelines or performance checks but made everything worse.

Some teams at PowerUs are so male-dominated that the only talks you'll hear at the coffee machine will be around protein shakes and how to grow your biceps. Some company events feel like Sweet-16 parties, where there testosteron driven contests like the "PowerUs-Triathlon", which is basically 3 ways how to drink your beer in one go.

All in all it's not a great atmosphere and they definitely have to grow up there.

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No one knows what PowerUs really is and if you're visiting their landing pages you don't quite know what they're doing and it looks more like a fishy scam company (even users have this feeling)

The product itself looks and feels like an outdated university project so that you're not really proud to say you're working (or have worked) for this company.

Work-Life-Balance

It's quite ok with home office but the chaos in some teams will drive you crazy.

Karriere/Weiterbildung

Kollegenzusammenhalt

The greater team at PowerUs is full of awesome people and everyone supports each other.

Vorgesetztenverhalten

The leadership team at PowerUs (Founders, Chiefs and Head Ofs) are a total mess in every regard. You can really feel that PowerUs is the first and only leadership experience for all of them.

Some of them are unexperienced but ok to work with while there are also persons where it's impossible to communicate and work with, as the only thing they accept is their process that they have written down in their notion doc and everything is doesn't matter to them.

If you're not working like some of the "gurus" there, you'll mostly getting fired, despite being told the opposite a few days earlier.

Arbeitsbedingungen

You'll get the technical equipment you need but if it's more expensive it will be hard to pitch to the responsible person. To find the person who is responsible for anything tech related is a challenge itself.

The office is quite nice but is already getting too small for the company. There are only 2 phone booths and 2 conference rooms, so that it's really hard to have meetings when you're in the office.

The equipment in the office is quite ok (standard 24inch monitor and furniture from lendis) but all in all everything there is quite lackluster.

Kommunikation

It's pretty bad. People are afraid to speak up since the leadership team introduced the communication guidelines and some were told to not challenge something any longer.

There are a lot of pointless meetings and some higher up people seem to be obsessed with Notion docs, so that some times you'll spent a lot of hours a week going through pointless notion docs and strange processes that the leadership team read on LinkedIn or Medium.

Gehalt/Benefits

One of the few points that PowerUs is doing well is paying their staff and the option to have ESOP's

Gleichberechtigung

Only man and not a single woman in the leadership team. Toxic gym bro culture is also not really helping.

Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich

Flexible working hours, opportunity to work mostly remotely

Arbeitsatmosphäre

Feedback and transparency at all times

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Everybody is hyped! PowerUs has a great impact on the lives of workers and therefore being hyped is more than justified.

Work-Life-Balance

Family has high priority, normal full-time working times, flexible hours, more holidays than in other companies, easy to request vacation

Karriere/Weiterbildung

Gehalt/Benefits

Starting salary is above average, salary always transferred reliably

Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein

Most people arrive with public transport, pro remote-work (up to 100%), mobility budget for public transport, business goals contribute to support solar energy

Kollegenzusammenhalt

Teams are growing and working together closely

Vorgesetztenverhalten

Conflicts are always taken seriously, solved in a constructive, fair and open way shared with everybody

Arbeitsbedingungen

Very cool office space, sometimes quite high noise level due to electrical facilities and meetings, there are only a few meeting rooms

Kommunikation

Clear communication and frequent updates every week