What used to be an amazing employer, is slowly turning into an average big corporate.
Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich
Great office.
Generally we have a great product.
Nice collegues.
The company is growing.
Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich
I think Scalable is still a decent place to work (depending on your position). Unfortunately it was a great place to work, and things don't seem to be heading in the right direction.
Verbesserungsvorschläge
The company understands the importance of client success. But what the company does not understand well enough, is the difference between mere process adherence, and truly high service quality.
We say we want to expand internationally, but lack the required resources. We don't understand our competitive advantages and disadvantages in different markets well enough. And in turn, we are not growing as fast as I know we can. I think the company is making the same mistake many German companies have made in the past; to assume that what works in Germany, will also work across borders.
As already mentioned, there is too much micro-management, and too much bureaucracy. We are forgetting that ''happy employees perform well''. Instead of optimising for wellbeing, things have become more restrictive over the past 6-12 months.
Arbeitsatmosphäre
My Team is really amazing! But the vibe has changed a lot over the last 6-12 months, in the sense that it does not seem a priority for management to make working conditions better for us. In fact, it has gotten worse.
Image
I think we have a good marketing team, and our image is solid.
Work-Life-Balance
We have a good home office policy. More flexibility in terms of working ours is coming.
Karriere/Weiterbildung
Given the fact that the organisation is very flat, the opportunities are limited. The company also lacks a clear promotion-structure. And like in many companies, promotions seems to depend more on visibility/self promotion, than actually excelling at your work. It seems to be more beneficial to help other teams, or pick up a side project that might have little impact (but allows you to generate visibility), than to excell at your core job (what you were hired for in the first place). There is also no performance based pay. No compensation for milestones.
Gehalt/Benefits
I think I'm compensated pretty fairly. I don't have (or had) any share-based compensation, which I think is not good practice for a company that was a scale-up when I joined.
Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein
I'm not aware the company is actively pursuing anything in this regard, but I could be wrong. I know we are supporting a local female football team.
Kollegenzusammenhalt
Again, within my team, it's great. Inter-team communication can be improved. The level of 'ownership' needs to be improved. There is too much of a 'I do my job, you do yours' mentality. Teams care too little about how their work impacts other teams. There is too much micro-management. Not enough common sense. And constructive criticism is not always well received.
Umgang mit älteren Kollegen
I don't have much experience, we don't have many older colleagues, but the collaboration seems to be fine.
Vorgesetztenverhalten
It really depends if this is referring to the team lead, or upper management. About my team lead I have no complaints. Higher management just makes decisions top down, and does not seem to be bothered much how we feel about it. At the very least, they could do a better job managing expectations.
Arbeitsbedingungen
The office is really nice, so no complaints here.
Kommunikation
Again, within my team, things are great. But when it comes to top-down communication, the is a lack of openness, and genuineness. Management basically makes their own decisions, while it feels like we are only ''consulted'' as a formality, not because they actually listen.
Gleichberechtigung
Hard for me to really comment something useful here.
Interessante Aufgaben
The job is interesting, though becoming a bit repetitive. The company constantly launches new features, so that definitely keeps things interesting.