Skeleton is an ambitious company filled with competent people that suffer under bad management decisions
Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich
The people are the biggest asset of Skeleton. They are knowledgable, hardworking and try their best to achieve their and theirs companys goal. In my 3 years working there I only met competent and nice people!
Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich
If it wasn't clear yet, how upper management treats their employees and makes decisions.
Verbesserungsvorschläge
Upper management needs to improve their transparency and needs to listen to the individual people and their professional opinion before pushing big structural changes. It is poisoning the work ethic and leads to discontent and also a high turn over rate. Concealing issues and putting a positive spin on everything that happens doesn't help achieving the companys goal.
Arbeitsatmosphäre
Within my team the working environment was actually very positive with open communication and good direct leadership. However, mood and motivation where sometimes negatively impacted by decision that were made by upper management. Lately, these kind of decisions have been increasing and motivation/engagement decreased by a lot. The reason why I was no longer able to stay and work their was that one of those decisions impacted me directly.
Kommunikation
Again, within my team and also to other pears communication was well if not always perfect due to the language barrier. But everyone was always willing to make it work. But the communication from upper management to the rest of the company was lacking transparency and honesty. For example, restructuring entire teams wasn't discussed with the affected teams beforehand but rather announced company wide without giving the individuals a heads up.
Kollegenzusammenhalt
Skeletons biggest asset are the people you will work with on a daily basis. They are all knowledgable and eager to succeed. And they will try their best to work with you. I didn't make any bad experiences appart from having smaller misunderstandings.
Work-Life-Balance
Personally, I would argue my work-life-balance was good. However, this is only the case if you advocate for it. From time to time I heard that other people are doing a lot of overtime and upper management generally encouraged it openly. So depending on your position, it could be an issue.
Vorgesetztenverhalten
First of all, my personal manager was awesome. He did a really good job of managing our team in a respectful and open manner. And I think that is true for most of the lower management. But if it comes to decision making and communication to the upper management, they tend to set unrealistic goals while also being intransparent.
Interessante Aufgaben
Personally, I always had intresting projects and never got bored. It is one of the biggest upside Skeleton has to offer if you want to develop your skillset and want to learn as much as you can.
Gleichberechtigung
I think Skeleton is mostly a diverse and modern company with progressive values. But I think currently there is no female lead in the upper management - whatever the reason might be.
Umgang mit älteren Kollegen
Skeleton is generally a young company with few older colleagues. But they and the value they bring are mostly respected and appreciated, at least from my personal experience.
Arbeitsbedingungen
The technical equipment and supplies were good - also the IT support along with it was always quick and helpful. The office I had worked in was also sufficiently equipped but sometimes it required multiple requests to get something that was required. Overall good enough!
Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein
I would say individually, yes! There are also initiatives that were started by individuals to push for more sustainabilty. But overall the company has other more urgent priorities.
Gehalt/Benefits
My starting salary and the once I heard from were good and always paid in time. But getting a raise in the past year was impossible.
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I think a lot or the workers still stand behind the goal of Skeleton to have a positive impact on the energy market. However, in the past year the discontent has been increasing due to upper management decision and motiviation has declined.
Karriere/Weiterbildung
There is a chance to develop but only by doing your job. I have seen people changing teams and positions within the company to address their need for self development. But other opportunities for development are rare.