PowerUs

Bewertungen

Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich

Einen Mitarbeiter, der aber gegangen wurde.

Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich

Umgang mit Menschen, ahnungslose Führungskräfte, Image, Toxizität und alles andere eigentlich auch.

Verbesserungsvorschläge

Arbeitsatmosphäre

Sehr toxisch. Von der Führungskraft ins eigene Team. Hier gibt jeder vor, im Team zu arbeiten. Leider bleibt es beim Vorgeben. Die Realität sieht hier anders aus. Das bis dato toxischste Unternehmen, bei dem ich gearbeitet habe.

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Verkaufen sich auch untereinander als die Top Player auf dem Markt, dabei intern ohne Rückgrat. Bleibt der Kunde stur gibt's das was der Kunde sich wünscht.

Work-Life-Balance

"Work" mega gut, "Life" weniger, "Balance" nicht vorhanden.

Karriere/Weiterbildung

Onboarding der letzte Müll. Aussage der Führungskraft "ich erwarte, dass du dich meldest wenn du was brauchst"

Gehalt/Benefits

Gehalt war okay.

Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein

Tip Top. Kein Seller bekommt einen Firmenwagen. Hier wird penibel drauf geachtet.

Kollegenzusammenhalt

100% Toxisch. Erst als ich gegangen bin habe ich das ganze Ausmaß verstanden. Tut euch das nicht an.

Umgang mit älteren Kollegen

Nicht vorhanden. Ältere Kollegen sind so gut wie keine vorhanden. Man möchte auch ganz gezielt ein junges Team.

Vorgesetztenverhalten

Einzige Katastrophe! Auch nach dem Abgang wird noch kräftig gelästert. Alles leider keine ausgebildeten Führungskräfte. Irgendwelche Seller aus irgendwelchen Konzernen die man sich gerade noch leisten konnte.

Arbeitsbedingungen

Ich würde sagen.... Toxisch

Kommunikation

Absolute Katastrophe. Die Führungskräfte wissen nicht, was sie tun, denken es aber. Jeder macht etwas anderes, jeder ohne Sinn und Verstand. Zwölf tausend Dashboards, die alle völlig verwirren und die niemand braucht.

Gleichberechtigung

100%. Alle werden auf gleichem Niveau veräppelt.

Interessante Aufgaben

Potenzial wäre da, wird aber nicht genutzt. Stupides abarbeiten, vorallem für Seller.

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Keine positiven Aspekte erkennbar.

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Mangelnde Transparenz und fehlende Struktur bei wichtigen Entscheidungen. Unfassbar unprofessionell.

Verbesserungsvorschläge

Arbeitsatmosphäre

Die Kollegen haben viel aufgefangen. Die Arbeitsatmosphäre im Büro selbst ließ jedoch kaum Raum für Fokus oder produktives Arbeiten.

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Nach außen modern, intern fehlten Transparenz, Kommunikation und Verantwortungsbewusstsein bei Entlassungen.

Work-Life-Balance

Homeoffice war möglich.

Karriere/Weiterbildung

Weiterbildungsmöglichkeiten existieren praktisch nicht.

Gehalt/Benefits

Gehalt ok, aber nicht wettbewerbsfähig.

Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein

Nachhaltigkeit und soziales Bewusstsein hatten keine Priorität.

Kollegenzusammenhalt

Der kollegiale Zusammenhalt funktionierte gut und war einer der wenigen verlässlichen Faktoren im Arbeitsalltag.

Umgang mit älteren Kollegen

Ältere Kolleg:innen waren kaum vertreten.

Vorgesetztenverhalten

Während die Zusammenarbeit mit dem direkten Manager funktionierte, ließ das Führungsverhalten auf CEO-Ebene deutlich zu wünschen übrig.

Arbeitsbedingungen

Flexibilität begrenzt, Fokus schwer möglich, Gleichberechtigung fehlte.

Kommunikation

Kommunikation? Wesentliche Informationen wurden nicht offen kommuniziert. Entscheidungen und deren Hintergründe blieben unklar.

Gleichberechtigung

Im Umgang mit neurodivergenten Mitarbeitenden fehlten sowohl Wissen als auch entsprechende Strukturen vollständig.

Interessante Aufgaben

Die Aufgaben waren grundsätzlich in Ordnung, boten jedoch deutlich ungenutztes Potenzial.

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gar nichts mehr

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Vieles sehr sehr vieles

Verbesserungsvorschläge

Arbeitsatmosphäre

Wir arbeiten alle Remote mittlerweile, sind in ein winziges Büro gezogen, versprochene Offsites finden nicht statt

Karriere/Weiterbildung

Weit was? Ah ja die head of HR existiert kostet Geld aber was die macht weiß niemand!

Kollegenzusammenhalt

Das einzig gute bei PoweUs

Umgang mit älteren Kollegen

es gibt kaum alten Kollegen

Vorgesetztenverhalten

Das schlimmste, Angefangen bei einer manipulativen Leiterin das Sales ohne Herz hin zu einem CEO der lieber Monate auf Bali verbringt als sich um den Erfolg seiner Firma zu kümmern

Kommunikation

Lügen und Schönreden eine katastrophale Situation des Unternehmens

Interessante Aufgaben

Auf eine rostige Karre versuchen den Glanz eines Porsche zu bringen. Das Produkt ist einfach nur schlecht

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Familienfreundlich und faire Vergütung sowie Arbeitsbedingungen.

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Nichts.

Verbesserungsvorschläge

Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich

Das Sales-Team bei PowerUs ist das motivierendste und unterstützendste, in dem ich je gearbeitet habe. Die Energie im Team war herausragend, und ich hatte die Chance, von unglaublich talentierten Menschen zu lernen.
Auch in den anderen Teams herrscht ein enger oft freundschaftlicher Zusammenhalt.
Zudem bietet PowerUs regelmäßige Teamevents, Offsites und strukturierte Teamwochen, um den Zusammenhalt der gesamten Firma zu stärken.

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Die Kündigungswelle im Oktober war eine Herausforderung, insbesondere durch den Wegfall der erfahrenen Führungskräfte im Sales-Team. Dadurch gab es eine Phase der Umstrukturierung, die nicht immer einfach war.
Dennoch wurde mit Engagement daran gearbeitet, neue Strukturen aufzubauen und sich anzupassen.

Verbesserungsvorschläge

Arbeitsatmosphäre

Die allgemeine Stimmung im Sales Team war positiv, offen und dynamisch. Jeder im Team hat sich gegenseitig unterstützt, und die Zusammenarbeit war stets auf Augenhöhe.

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Trotz Herausforderungen zeigt PowerUs stetig den Willen, sich weiterzuentwickeln und an seiner Mission festzuhalten.

Work-Life-Balance

PowerUs bietet die Möglichkeit, remote zu arbeiten, was eine große Flexibilität schafft. Auch wenn die Arbeit im Vertrieb mit Leistungsdruck verbunden ist, ermöglicht die vorhandene Struktur eine effiziente Arbeitsweise und gute Balance.

Karriere/Weiterbildung

Bei PowerUs gibt es viele Möglichkeiten zur Weiterentwicklung, besonders wenn man Eigeninitiative zeigt.

Gehalt/Benefits

Das Grundgehalt war durchschnittlich für Account Executives, mit der Möglichkeit, durch gute Performance von Accelerator-Programmen zu profitieren. Insgesamt bietet PowerUs eine faire und leistungsgerechte Vergütung.

Kollegenzusammenhalt

Der Zusammenhalt unter den Kollegen war außergewöhnlich stark. Besonders im Sales-Team hat man sich gegenseitig unterstützt und motiviert, was die tägliche Arbeit sehr angenehm machte. Durch Teamevents und regelmäßige Zusammenkünfte wurde der Teamgeist aktiv gefördert. Viele Kollegen werden Freunde, was sehr schön ist!

Umgang mit älteren Kollegen

PowerUs hat eine sehr junge Altersstruktur, aber grundsätzlich herrschte ein respektvoller und wertschätzender Umgang miteinander. Es gab keine Altersdiskriminierung, sondern eine offene und dynamische Zusammenarbeit.

Vorgesetztenverhalten

Nach den Veränderungen musste sich die neue Struktur erst etablieren, aber insgesamt wurde mit Engagement daran gearbeitet.

Arbeitsbedingungen

Das Büro war modern und gut ausgestattet. Zudem gab es die Möglichkeit, remote zu arbeiten, was in Zukunft noch stärker ausgebaut wird. Die technischen Arbeitsmittel waren auf einem sehr guten Standard.

Kommunikation

PowerUs pflegt eine offene Feedbackkultur. Sollte man das Gefühl haben, dass Feedback nicht sofort umgesetzt wurde, bestand die Möglichkeit, das Gespräch mit Kollegen oder Führungskräften zu suchen.

Gleichberechtigung

PowerUs ist ein diverses Unternehmen und fördert eine offene und gleichberechtigte Unternehmenskultur.

Interessante Aufgaben

Die Arbeit bei PowerUs war dynamisch und bot viel Raum für Eigeninitiative. Besonders im Vertrieb gab es durch die klare Struktur von SDRs und AEs spannende Herausforderungen und Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten.

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There were colleagues who made the work bearable

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The wrong image, the poorly functioning product.
The injustice in the evaluation of performance between the individual departments

Verbesserungsvorschläge

Arbeitsatmosphäre

It was more of a competition between the individual departments than an "Olympic Sports Team", which was always preached as one of the values.

While some teams tried to fight for gold, other teams followed the motto of being there is everything and went backwards.

In the meetings, it sometimes felt like being in a bad movie when massive mistakes and incompetence were sold as victories.

The product has not evolved for years and only works in theory. You wonder what Product and IT are doing all day, because it can't be developing the product.
But well, many have used their office days on site for hours on the terrace for meetings in the sun and exciting stories from their „remote work“ and vacations ... ehh I mean workation.

Especially as the departments are very large and nobody is checked to see whether they are working or not. Unfortunately, the new CTO hasn't changed anything. Nevertheless, the "successes" were celebrated every week, such as the processing of a single ticket...

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Externally, the company presents itself as a modern SaaS company.

But the product works, if at all, very manually and like a recruiting platform with users writing to each other.

Promises to customers and employees are not kept.

Work-Life-Balance

Very flexible but extremely unfair in terms of control.

While Product and IT only had to open their laptops under palm trees and go surfing and were celebrated for it, there was strong control in other departments and general insinuations that you don't work in the home office.

It got worse when one of the founder took over departmental responsibility again after the layoff.

Karriere/Weiterbildung

Not existing

Gehalt/Benefits

You could never be sure, as pricing changed on a weekly basis or areas of responsibility were transferred at the expense of bonus structures without consultation.
It all got worse when a new management was hired in account management, who had already run a company down before and did not work in a similar position for years.

Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein

More is told than done.
Offices were run idle, many trips were made and the company was flown in from all over Europe every quarter for pointless activities.

Kollegenzusammenhalt

Everyone is fired up against everyone else by constantly blaming other departments for mistakes in order to cover up their own inability.

It also has a lot to do with the hiring policy. The last management hires in particular have underlined the problem.

I cannot explain in detail, because the company will change facts anytime.

Umgang mit älteren Kollegen

Overall okay. But there are not many.

Vorgesetztenverhalten

The majority of decisions were made on the basis of gut instinct and personal feelings in the back room.
People play with the livelihoods of employees without giving it much thought.

Arbeitsbedingungen

Air conditioning saved you in the summer even if the offices were too big for the number of people on site.

Modern work equipment was provided and there were always snacks and drinks.

Kommunikation

Open communication was demanded. The reality consisted of a lot of trash talk behind the back.

Gleichberechtigung

There is no such thing. I'm not allowed to list facts because the company has them deleted. Says a lot about how employees and other opinions are treated.

Interessante Aufgaben

With decisions changing every month, it was never boring, but there was never a clear line either

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The company before the layoff

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The poor product
Poor communication in the executive team
Bad strategy and decisions made with “stomach feelings”

Verbesserungsvorschläge

Arbeitsatmosphäre

Before the layoffs it was the best commercial team I have ever seen. Thanks to some managers and the VP Sales. After they got let go it changed dramatically to a non friendly and not sustainable atmosphere.

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With the layoff and letting high performing members go, PowerUs lost his image of a rising star in the startup bubble. If you want to work at a company with a great reputation you should consider joining another company.

Promises to customers and employees are not kept.

The product was marked with optimistic promises and idealistic narratives.

Work-Life-Balance

If you worked in tech you had nothing to do. The overhead was huge. No features were shipped because the focus wasn’t on improving the product.
If you’re working in a customer facing role the balance got worse and worse.

Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein

Flying the whole company to Mallorca…

Karriere/Weiterbildung

There were no development paths

Kollegenzusammenhalt

This was the best team I’ve ever had the pleasure to work with.
Now it’s more like surviving the day and switching off all notifications in the evening.

Vorgesetztenverhalten

Thinking of the great leaders we had before the layoff I have to say it’s a shame that some of them were let go. Especially in the sales/marketing department. After the layoff the former high performing culture got torn apart by micromanaging and blaming reps with wrong insights. This is mostly the result from the reorganisation and the transition into a more commercial role, reflecting a strategic shift in the company’s leadership culture.

Arbeitsbedingungen

AC in the office. Top tech stack and everything you could imagine.

Kommunikation

PowerUs was organised in silos. It was hard to communicate within the the commercial team and even harder with cross functional teams.

Gehalt/Benefits

Pay was good if you hit your quota. Unfortunately way off the market. After the layoff the quotas got raised because one founder had the feeling half of the team could deliver the sale results as the full team before the layoff.

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There's not much left

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Goes beyond the scope here

Verbesserungsvorschläge

Arbeitsatmosphäre

The working atmosphere was simply a dream - if you love nightmares. Some of the colleagues were a prime example of teamwork, successfully ignoring each other, and the managers obviously had a talent for systematically destroying motivation. Every day was a celebration - a tragedy, but consistent all the same.

Image

Another good quote: Image is not a chop that you can tie to your leg. You either have it or you don't.

Work-Life-Balance

Remote first contract with 2 mandatory days a week for some teams. Find the mistake.
It's probably better since the restructuring that the company just doesn't want to talk about

Karriere/Weiterbildung

A career is like a game of mario - if you don't jump at exactly the right moment, you fall into the abyss.

Gehalt/Benefits

The only thing that was really good

Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein

As a cult character from a German series says: "Environmental awareness? Yes, of course! I do everything ecologically now too: I separate my garbage, smoke in the parking lot so that nature gets something out of it - I'm basically the A I Gore of Capitol!"

Kollegenzusammenhalt

In the Team good, but most of the rest are a real role model for interpersonal coldness - even the North Pole would have applauded.

Umgang mit älteren Kollegen

There are hardly any employees over 40

Vorgesetztenverhalten

If there was an Olympic discipline for micromanagement, everyone would definitely win gold Team lead. Making decisions without involving the team? A true master at it! Feedback meetings are also always a highlight for us - praise? Of course, it's given in homeopathic doses so that we don't take it for granted.

But I think the best motto is: 'My door is always open' - but only for air and the illusion of accessibility. All in all, it's a parade of how to effectively demotivate employees. Hats off!"

Arbeitsbedingungen

Working here is a real experience - overtime, of course, is not only tolerated here, but apparently a prerequisite for belonging. If you work effectively and in a structured manner and can finish work on time, you will be looked at with shock.

Kommunikation

Communication was absolutely exemplary - if the aim was not to clarify anything with each other. Information was either passed on in cryptic hints or was lost directly before it could reach anyone. Meetings? A masterpiece of wasted time, where everyone ended up knowing less than before. Really impressive.

Gleichberechtigung

Only as an introvert you not that welcome

Interessante Aufgaben

Startup.

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Sales team before layoff

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Toxic working atmosphere, incompetent upper management, celebrating low performers

Verbesserungsvorschläge

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

One external workshop otherwise a lot of hard work and dedication from the sales team

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

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

No opportunity for professional growth.
There is no one to learn from, and no chance to attain a higher title.

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.