Flat hierarchy, no chance for upward growth - Anonymous employee ESMT Employee Review

2.0
3 June 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

People are nice and collegial. Easygoing environment. People genuinely care about students and their success

Cons

Not a place to develop yourself rigorously, not data-driven/ intuition is used to make decisions that should require more inputs, no culture of people development/investment, lack of ambitious goal setting and progress tracking, little opportunity to meaningfully get to know colleagues, no upward trajectory since higher ups have been around for a long time, somewhat resistant to change

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1.0
10 Dec 2025
Anonymous employee
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Pros

In Germany it is the best business school. Great & historic location in the presidential office of the German GDR government. Beautiful garden, especially the newly renovated fountain.

Cons

Internationally it is not much known. Even in Turkey, which has close ties to Germany. There is a lack of culture to the place and interactions are transactional. Because of this, the experience of some staff at the place can be worse than at others.

3.0
22 May 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Friendly coworkers, you are given a good amount of responsibility if you show competency. You have the freedom to change/improve processes for the most part. My direct boss is very nice.

Cons

Pay is bad and not going to go up any time soon, the company is stuck in the past technologically. For a school of management and technology we don't often have transparency from the Management Committee.

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