Great teams, inconsistent upper management - Senior Site Reliability Engineer N26 Employee Review

4.0
3 Jan 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Most teams in Platform Engineering segment were full of really good people, and managers within the segment were competent and empathetic. Work was usually interesting and there were opportunities to explore and adopt new technologies. German employees have an active Works Council that strives to improve working conditions for employees and make the company more successful. Planned conversion from AG to SE (Societas Europas) will provide similar representation for employees in Spain and other EU countries. This is unusual for a tech company, but IMO a good thing for N26 and its employees.

Cons

There's a lot of technical debt, Compliance requirements and bureaucratic overhead can be significant roadblocks to getting things done. Company values for diversity and inclusion are very progressive, but this is not reflected in upper management. Company-wide initiatives and changes in direction can be quite disruptive to accomplishing goals.

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N26 Response
2y
Thanks for taking the time to share your feedback; we’re really pleased that you enjoyed working with us 🙂 We’re committed to building an organisation where people love to work so it’s great to read your positive comments about the people and management. We’re always looking for ways to improve so your honest feedback is very valuable to us. If you’d like to discuss any of the issues you’ve raised in more detail, please send an email to glassdoorfeedback@n26.com Thanks again for your feedback and we wish you the best of luck in your future endeavours.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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N26 Response
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Thanks for sharing your feedback with us and your experience of working at N26.
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