You are worth more than this job - Anonymous employee Tech Open Air Employee Review

1.0
27 July 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Come into contact with many potential new employers - Staff are incredibly hardworking people

Cons

- Salary is very bad, no usual startup perks e.g. free food, German courses etc. Getting paid less than minimum wage. - Not enough space to work from. Not enough desks or equipment. No training or grace period to become familiar with new technologies and programs. - Employees expected to stay very late each evening with no extra overtime pay. Some people stayed past midnight. - Felt pressured into working overtime, late nights and weekends. - None of my feedback was listened to. There was no space for constructive criticism. - Changes that directly affect my role were made without informing me. Sometimes I found out after they were made. It looked like I was incapable of doing my job properly when I was actually just completely misinformed. - Some team members had business cards and some did not. This suggested favouritism of team members. - Many contracts had to be rewritten because agreed upon terms were altered in contracts.

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5.0
18 Mar 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Tech Open Air was such a great place to work. If you are looking to work with innovative, kind people in a fast paced environment this place will give you such an amazing opportunity. The team is from all over the world and the conference is beyond awesome. The CEO is one of the kindest people I have ever worked for and years later continues to be a positive force in my career. Since TOA I have worked at amazing tech companies and all the things I learned from TOA have gotten to these next steps. Furthermore, those coworkers are still my friends and I am beyond grateful for that amazing summer that changed my life, You will: work hard, play hard, learn alot and make memories that last a lifetime and connections that take you to places you couldnt even imagine

Cons

Some of the senior managers were a bit inexperienced at times so there was a learning curve

4.0
28 July 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Descent pay and decent benefits

Cons

Not flexible in hours or days worked

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