Immature company with immature leadership - Engineer N26 Employee Review

1.0
23 Oct 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

1.5K learning budget Engineers I worked with are hard working

Cons

N26 is a terrible place to work. The amount of resignations this company has seen from engineers in the past 9 months is a testament to the chronic lack in leadership, abysmal company and product outlook, poor mentorship, micromanagement by "The Founders" and, the saddest of all, no cohesive technology and engineering road map. This company has also demonstrated itself as an organisation which turns a blind eye to global and employee issues. The founders blatantly avoided answering questions regarding BLM movement during a companywide "Founders AMA", there was a disjointed and terrible leadership in recognizing COVID-19 and the police were called to stop employees in Berlin from forming a worker’s council. While I did plan on learning a lot while working here, don't bet on it. The bucket load of work and re-work that you will be doing which are outside your OKRs (Objectives and Key Results)/ KPIs will keep you busy. Related to the aforementioned lack of a technical roadmap. I recommend overlooking this company if you are looking for your next job.

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5.0
13 Jun 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great product and design and team is worldclass

Cons

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5.0
21 May 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Small team in NYC working on bringing N26 to the US. Flat team structure (no bureaucracy or painful hierarchies). Open lines of communication and instant feedback loops. Everyone is extremely smart and driven towards a common goal, and we also enjoy each other's company both in and out of the office. There's also respect for having a life outside of work and a good sense of balance. Huge opportunity to take on as much work as you can handle and drive your own workstreams and outputs. I've found that my scope of responsibilities is quite large, and since joining, I've broadened my skill-set significantly in areas I wanted to expand upon.

Cons

Coordination with Berlin can be difficult at times given time zones and hypergrowth there. Nonetheless, people always are willing to help out and make themselves available when needed. Small team size as of now means fewer hands to help with all that needs to get done. That said - plenty of opportunity for new joiners to take on key tasks and responsibilities as we continue to grow the team

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