Mammoth corporation with heart and soul - Anonymous employee idealo internet Employee Review

3.0
Aug 2, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Big company owned by an even bigger media group, no need to worry about losing your job too much. Good work life balance in a cozy atmosphere, it feels like being part of a big family. Great parties (even for the employees' kids). I have fond memories of my time at idealo.

Cons

The size of the company, together with lack of knowledge, interest and/or motivation at some levels, often make it difficult to stay dynamic and implement swift changes in obsolete processes. This becomes frustrating, especially to highly motivated employees who are then most likely to leave for good. You're not going anywhere if you don't speak German to a very good/native level.

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5.0
Nov 22, 2024
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Pros

Great work life balance, great engineers

Cons

Management can improve their communication

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Thank you for your feedback! We are glad to hear that you enjoy working at idealo. Best regards, Your idealo People Team
1.0
Dec 19, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

It used to be a good company, maybe they still have some common sense that will awaken.

Cons

They let Axel Springer's claws inside the management, and they no longer cared about the employees. They sent a survey about coming back to the office, but it was obvious just a formality, because they disregarded its results. Works Council tried to negotiate the terms, the amount of days, work abroad, but the management eventually said "accept what we want or we'll make you come 5 days". Sounds pretty illegal and unethical to me. They reduced the work abroad from 180 days a year, to 20. They want us in the office and reduced work abroad for NO REASON. The company has great results the way it was, and this change will only bring negative impact. The office, although nice, is not a place where developers enjoy being and can focus. It literally went from a company I used to recommend to anyone, and reject job offers, to some sort of dictatorship. I would not recommend it to anyone anymore.

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