The company is very different from what is marketed for the internal and external publics - Software Engineer, Backend N26 Employee Review

2.0
Jul 6, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

The best point about working for N26 is that the other IT companies still recognize it as a place with excellent engineers, very capable professionals, so working there works as a marketing tool for your future career. The company provides the usual perks found in other "startup" companies: beverages, food, discounts at gyms and some stores, professional development budget, etc. You can choose your equipment, SO, accessories.

Cons

Management and leadership are the worst aspects of the company. Team leadership is usually bad, having people without the skills to manage people, conflict, differences in opinions, perspectives, and backgrounds. Communication and understanding suffer on all levels. It is easy to find people who were promoted because no one else was available. Management creates a fantasy world where they say that open communication and feedback are welcome but the reality is the opposite, questions are regarded as criticism and lack of professionalism. Job descriptions frequently don't match reality. The evaluation and selection process for candidates is awkward, unstructured, and highly influenced by the evaluator personal preferences and mood. From a technical perspective, the company creates nothing, it is more than happy to follow tendencies such as adopting Kotlin as the main programming language because it is a "better Java". Services infrastructure is a weakness and frequently a bottleneck, despite the efforts of very capable engineers that have to deal with difficult leaders and managers. Technical discussions with tech leads are usually very shallow and, again, decisions are usually based on one's preferences instead of adequacy. Remote working is treated as an exception by management. Promotion process at this point is just bizarre.

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N26 Response
6y
Thanks for sharing your feedback with us and your experience of working in the Technology org at N26. Yes we do offer the benefits you stated above and we're constantly adding more to make sure we improve our employee experience. Over the Summer we revamped our company wide meetings and introduced a monthly founders Q&A session your welcome to propose a question to them in that open forum.

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Cons

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5.0
May 21, 2018
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Pros

Small team in NYC working on bringing N26 to the US. Flat team structure (no bureaucracy or painful hierarchies). Open lines of communication and instant feedback loops. Everyone is extremely smart and driven towards a common goal, and we also enjoy each other's company both in and out of the office. There's also respect for having a life outside of work and a good sense of balance. Huge opportunity to take on as much work as you can handle and drive your own workstreams and outputs. I've found that my scope of responsibilities is quite large, and since joining, I've broadened my skill-set significantly in areas I wanted to expand upon.

Cons

Coordination with Berlin can be difficult at times given time zones and hypergrowth there. Nonetheless, people always are willing to help out and make themselves available when needed. Small team size as of now means fewer hands to help with all that needs to get done. That said - plenty of opportunity for new joiners to take on key tasks and responsibilities as we continue to grow the team

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N26 Response
7y
Thanks for sharing your feedback with us and your experience of working at N26.
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