ABOUT YOU reviews

3.4

51% would recommend to a friend

(146 total reviews)
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Sebastian Betz, Hannes Wiese and Tarek Müller

67% approve of CEO

30% positive business outlook

ABOUT YOU has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 146 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The ABOUT YOU employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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146 reviews
5.0
Jan 21, 2019

Nice, friendly and challenging environment

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- work environment is very nice, nice colleagues, nice office in very good location - interesting tasks and always new challenges - flexible working hours - good equiment - lot of team events and get togethers - flat hierarchies - every opinion matters! - you will learn a lot and you will have plenty of possibilities to take the next career step

Cons

- Manager's & Directors could focus more on individual development opportunities

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ABOUT YOU Response
7y
Dear colleague, thank you for your honest opinion. We're happy to hear you enjoy your working environment and that you like your coworkers! More than that we are pleased that you see daily challenges as an opportunity to learn and to profit from. It's also great that you enjoy benefits like flat hierarchies and professional equipment that we provide as an employer to make the working environment as friendly as possible With regard to your cons: We have set up more workshops and trainings for teamleads and managers to enhance their leading skills. Of course expressing the appreciation towards the team and each employee in terms of feedback and individual ongoing development is included here. We are grateful to work with you and appreciate your feedback in order to improve as an employer. Best regards, Joanna (HR & Recruiting)
2.0
Jan 18, 2019
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Pros

* Lots of work * Fastly Growing * Friendly Employees * Great Parties

Cons

* Bad Code Quality * Not enough senior devs * Low Salaries * Extra hours

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ABOUT YOU Response
7y
Dear colleague, thanks for your honest feedback! We're happy that you're feeling challenged at ABOUT YOU and that your AY colleagues and the company parties are a big plus on your pro list. Regarding your cons, it would be great if you could give us more information about the unit you're working in so we can draw implications and improvements for the specific team. In general, our claim is to provide good and stable software as well as testing our code before deployment. Our units are subdivided into smaller circles - every circle is balanced with junior and senior developers as well as a lead developer to ensure the code quality and also the guidance of junior developers. Regarding salaries: We already faced this topic and did a cross-sectoral comparison. Results showed that our salary ranges match the market average. Additionally, we offer plenty of development opportunities like tech talks, meet-ups, our code talks conference and a steep tech career for employees who are willing to go the extra mile. We believe that this is something you can not express in numbers :) In case you do not feel happy in your current team, feel free to approach HR or LPD so that we can work out a development plan tailored to your needs. Our MOVE structure offers new challenges in other teams as well :) We hope to keep you on board and find new challenges for you! Best regards, Katrin (HR&Recruiting)
5.0
Aug 9, 2018
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Pros

- challenging atmosphere - nice colleagues - spirit - career chances - location

Cons

- management is extremely inspiring, but too often impulsive - more holidays - no time tracking

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ABOUT YOU Response
7y
Dear colleague, We are happy that you can identify with our inspiring and challenging company spirit! Our goal is to provide an environment in which every talent can grow with us. That's why we communicate very openly that we do not have a 9 to 5 structure, so everyone knows what to expect when working with us. We're always willing to go the extra mile! During time-consuming yet inspiring projects this might also lead to more working hours - but that should be in no case become the daily routine! We trust our employees to structure their work on their own and therefore we're not tracking hours. We're sure their qualified to ponder how much time certain projects require and therefore we want to give them the flexibility and the freedom to plan their working week the way it fits their needs best. If you're having the feeling that in your case the cons of not tracking hours surpass the pros, please feel always free to express your sorrows to your team lead or the HR. Thank you for your improvement suggestions. Our worker's council is already working on these topics. Maybe we should add free airwaves as a new benefit in our company - a deep & fresh breath hasn't hurt anyone :) We hope you'll be part of our exciting journey for many more years! Warm regards, Katrin (HR&Recruiting)
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