Sixt reviews

Recruitment department is very disrespectful to new candidates. I had a telephone interview scheduled for a Berlin job. I took a lot of time to fully prepare myself so I would be able to give a good performance in the interview. When the time for the interview came there was a connection problem with telephone. Straight away I was sent an automatically generated email to let me know the interview was therefore cancelled. I emailed straight away at the time of my interview to let them know that I was ready and that if they are having problems connecting with me then please contact me on this alternative telephone number. However, my emails were completely ignored and no alternative time slot was offered. Therefore, my first impression of the company was not good and has cast doubt on them as an employer and they way they would potentially treat their employees. I had answered all their previous emails speedily, as they requested fast movement and responses. However, they felt it fine to just ignore me completely and could not take the ten seconds out of their day to respond to me arrange an alternative interview time. I felt that this was disrespectful to both me and my time and made me feel that this is certainly not a company I would like to work for if they are treating people like this in the initial stages.

- They pride themselves in being a "FAMILY"! So that in itself is such a red flag. A company is not a family for you, nor it should be. That is such an old-school idea of companies in the 80s-90s which actually shows in the culture and mentality of the two CEOs. - The CEOs. They clearly run the business because they inherited it, not because they are brilliant businessmen. They have a super outdated view of how to manage people and people fear them. Nobody dares to say no to them even when they have extremely stupid ideas. - The culture. There is such a micromanaging culture that it is unbelievable. You can even expect to be dictated what to say and write, or not to talk at all in meetings. You can feel people being afraid to speak up because they can be let go. Even when they know a lot of things are utterly wrong in the way people are being treated. - The workload. People keep quitting left and right, and the few positions open are open for months now, because no one wants to come and work here. They are wise. Meanwhile, a few people are left doing what a whole team used to do, with of course no remuneration, or compensation of any time. If anything just an increased risk of being laid off if you mess something up or contradict upper executives. White man only of course. - The reputation. They pride themselves in being such a loved brand by the consumer, but do they actually know that their brand as an employer is trash? I have spoken with several recruiters in the Munich area and all of them seem to tell me the same: "That is a really bad company" "We do not recommend people to apply there" and "company with a super bad reputation in all Munich" "they are famous for being a bad place to work at"... Where were these comments a year ago when I applied?... IT IS A BAD COMPANY TO WORK FOR! Unless you love being micromanaged and being told what to do with no need for you to think, please save the trouble and do not go there. I predict that this company is going to go down because you cannot operate with having many of your people in burnout, having the workload of 3 employees in one, requesting to achieve super incredible unrealistic expectations because management said so, and on top of it all, expecting to only hire people that fit that "culture". I want to believe that someone with a tiny hint of intelligence would see the red flags and stay away from them. They have cost me and many other colleagues a lot of my mental health.