Politicians & jerks thrive. Everyone else suffers - Anonymous employee N26 Employee Review

1.0
Apr 13, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Many drinks and snacks. Well known brand name.

Cons

Self-promoters and people playing the political game do very well here. Those with actual results, but do not play the game, are marginalized (sometimes openly) for this. Most of the upper management is arrogantly incompetent so they do not see this. The management that is competent knows that politics rule so they play the game and perpetuate this. Most employees are extremely unhappy with the company based on quarterly employee survey results, which have gotten worse every quarter for the last two years. The last survey results were so bad that the executive team refused to release the results to employees.

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N26 Response
6y
Hi. Thanks for taking the time to share your views with us. We take our employee engagement survey, and the feedback in it, extremely seriously. Our most recent survey score was shared in a blog post from our Chief People Officer, which you can read on the company intranet. Our ambition is to be a top employer, and to positively impact our employee’s career journeys. With that in mind, it’s fair to say that our engagement score is not where we need it to be. Based on the last engagement survey, our management team shared their action plan to move things forward. Unfortunately, we haven’t seen these actions being felt at the level we would have hoped, which is why we made the decision to approach the current survey from bottom up, as opposed to top down. All team members are currently discussing their department’s results within their teams, and creating action plans to take back to the management team. These will be aligned and presented to the whole company. We need your support and direction to turn our collective engagement around. This is a great opportunity to have your voice heard, and play an active part in shaping our culture. We’re looking forward to working together with you on this. As always, the People team remains available for support and open dialogues. We would be happy to chat with you further. Thanks.

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