This is not a bitter employee's review, it's the realistic unbiased situation.
-Last-minute decisions for major shifts involving Executives, senior directors, and others "not with us anymore" are commonplace.
-While a significant company event was planned in Spain and heavily advertised on Linkedin, all other celebrations like Christmas and summer gatherings have been permanently canceled as part of the neverending huge budget cut that is happening for three years now.
-The few benefits we had were stripped away, and when employees raised concerns, the CPO responded dismissively: “If you’re here for the benefits, we don’t want you—feel free to leave.”
-During a wave of layoffs, they simultaneously hired several agile coaches and HR personnel, created a vague “company values handbook,” and these changes were followed by mass terminations on technicalities - using that handbook, after which the company rebranded to start fresh.
-The company remains unprofitable, and the industry it operates in is on the decline, which led to mergers with other companies as a last attempt to save the ship.
-If you’re not part of the influential “Munich lobby,” your position is likely disposable.
-Merit-based performance holds little value. Promotions often go to those who focus on self-promotion, presenting grand ideas and demos about things they never actually deliver.
-The culture of endless meetings (often from 9 to 5) means everyone feels compelled to share every small task they’ve accomplished.
-Accountability is absent. Decisions made by certain individuals have cost thousands of euros, yet they remain in their roles, while those who opposed such decisions were later dismissed—again, favoring the “Munich lobby.”
-Employees who overhauled entire (traditionally) troubled domains received negligible bonuses of just 2–4% annually, and that's the max.
-Openly disrespectful behavior during live meetings is tolerated without repercussions.
-Key figures like the CTO, Head of departments, Tribe Leaders, Senior Directors, Managers across the board have either been forced out or chosen to leave—some without securing new roles, seemingly just desperate to escape.
-This organization operates with an unprecedented level of secrecy. Major decisions are made behind closed doors and announced at the last minute, creating an environment where every day feels like an unpredictable rollercoaster. A single call can drastically alter your role, and such disruptions happen repeatedly.
-Feedback that isn’t wholly positive often results in isolation or exclusion.
-Teams are regularly reshuffled at the whim of someone launching an untested “initiative,” pulling people from successful domains to join. When these "initiatives" fail, the resulting solution is to shut down the teams and lay off the employees.
-Every two years there's a huge reshuffling, letting people go, hiring new ones, repeat
If you are considering to join, it's good if it's your first job or if you want to spend a couple of years in a role and get that badge, otherwise run away. Otherwise, be ready to experience territorial fights, extreme passive aggressiveness and instability .
