Pros
- Flexibility - you can come to the office whenever you like, you can work from wherever you like and you can work as much as you like - Office - very modern and close to the station, very cool office manager and you will always find a spot and I will later explain why - Flat hierarchy, you can easily approach the CEO and grab a coffee with him. However, there are a few people with a huge crown on their heads, who won't even respond to your DM or say hi
Cons
- I started here at the end of last year and my time is coming to an end very soon and I am glad that it is because my mental health is at a lowest point due to constant pressure, toxic environment, no appreciation of my work, no personal or professional development and a ridiculous financial reward. - We have a saying "Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose", which means that the more changes you are trying to make, the more you stay the same. This phrase perfectly describes ChannelEngine, as the company has just laid off 20% of employees and trying its best to recover and implement tons of things at the same time, the more it is drowned in its routines that have worked in the past and clearly are not working in the present. - Financial reward is very limited here, you will never get a bonus or a deserved raise if you work hard, the only thing you can expect is a 2% raise per year and no inflation adjustment. Bare in mind, that only a limited amount of people will get this 2%. - You will not get a training budget or additional courses or trainings to improve your skills in something, there is only Dutch and English. - In the past couple of months, the office has been a graveyard since nobody wants to show up because the atmosphere has been very toxic and people are too overwhelmed with the work because people keep getting laid off or quitting and you get more and more and you are expected to deliver 200%. Also, in my years working for different companies, I have never seen so many people in burnouts. There are people in burnouts in every single department from top management to customer support and I know there is a bunch of people who are very close to having one. - Poor communication between employees and departments. Sometimes people just ignore you or it takes them weeks to reply to a simple question, especially it comes to people who work outside of Leiden office. Nobody knows what departments are doing and there is a serious lack of transparency. - Finally, I believe that at a job you either need to earn or learn and it's both, then you are very lucky. At ChannelEngine, you get neither. The year here has brought to me many tears, disappointments and trauma, I would not recommend working here.