Good place to work with (if you don't have to deal with leadership) - Product Designer N26 Employee Review

4.0
Jun 19, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

I really enjoyed working at N26 for my time there. The direct team is often great, as well as the direct managers, that are often very talented and with a lot to learn from. Despite the negative sides I would still recommend it as a place to work, given that they fixed the low salaries for the design positions.

Cons

The main issues at N26 are imho from the upper management. The direction of the company is very much top-down and -though they have been trying to change that- the individual teams/segments have not enough ownership to drive the initiatives that they believe would have the most impact. As a result, processes become sluggish, people sometimes become less motivated because to achieve anything you need to go through endless loops. Furthermore the employees have little trust of the leadership team. From my experience, after a while I stop caring on what the leadership was saying and focused on my work and team (which was great). There's no point watching the founders Q&A sessions if all you get out of it is inconclusive, ready-made answers.

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5.0
Jun 13, 2023
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Pros

Great product and design and team is worldclass

Cons

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5.0
May 21, 2018
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Recommend
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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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