Giesecke+Devrient reviews

Challenging culture, regional silos, older technology

First and most primary: the location is the worst ever for an R&D department. You meed your own private transport to go ther as it is literally in the middle of nothing in a very bad and ugly are, literally. There are no other it conpanies around, only trucks and logistic centers. No bar restaurants or shops or whatsoever at a walking distance. Second: very hard to retain and attract talent, mostly because of the company location. Third: spanish management always thinking on going cheap. They hire too many junior or stageur people, amd they let them doing normal work. This makes life very hard to more senior people om charge of teams or projects that they have to deliver counting on stageur part time workers. Fourth: they mark you the time ylu are in the office. This is good amd bad. Good because you know of you are worki g too much. Bad because young people tend to dont commit because of hours they are doing are the right amount. Fifth: no free coffee Sixth: no working from home allowed Seventh: inexistent career plan or salary scheme. Salaries are below the average for an international company