Very good intentions but overall bad outcome - Anonymous employee Fonpit AG Employee Review

2.0
Dec 25, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Very good team spirit, company events, the smiles from everyone you get every morning and extremely central office (although located in the middle of a not so safe roads crossing).

Cons

- The clear communication is definitely there, however informations are highly filtered so that employees do have the feeling of partecipating to the whole process, but many infos are unfortunately kept to the higher management. - Performances are judged mainly based on personal simpathy, of course according to departments as I do not know how it looks like in others. People can be fired as soon as they do something wrong, which instead ins oem cases can be easily discussed and solved - Management is not very open to critics and has the tendence to apply an I-know-it-all approach, also when proved to be wrong. Just to have an examples of it, I did witness few times a colleague of mine correcting my boss and the boss eventually telling the team "he" found out that a specific thing he stated was actually wrong and we had to do changes thanks to his findings. My colleague has never been thanked for that. - Gossip, mainly on Skype, and drinking in office since 3pm are apparently higher priorities than fair payments and getting a raise, even after having shown improvements and having reached set targets, is quite humilatying. In the best case scenarios one could eventually get a minimal raise on an already low salary. Important note: hope the HR does not bother to comment on this and is honest enough to admit what has been written in previous reviews. I have been professionally active in the Berlin market for years and I do know 100% what is the average salary in the different industries according to different seniority and experience and regarding one particular department Fonpit lacks of fairness big time. Glassdoor, Kununu and other job interviews in the past proved me I am absolutely right. But I am surethis will not prevent from finding a way to defend once again the company on a this evident fact. Sad, because a well paid employee is proven to be more efficient than an under-paid one.

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1.0
Sep 26, 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good pay for Berlin The office was nice and in a cool area

Cons

Horrible management will work you to the bone No flexibility / telecommuting, and if you ever get sick, you'll never hear the end of it. Overall atmosphere of suspicion and derision

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Fonpit AG Response
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Dear Reviewer! Thank you for taking the time to review your work experience at Fonpit AG. Unfortunately, we do not understand what you mean by "No flexibility / telecommuting, and if you ever get sick, you'll never hear the end of it." If you could go into little more detail here, that would help a lot. Looking at (anonymous) feedback we are receiving from current employees, we cannot see any evidence of people being worked to the bone. In contrast we encourage people to take compensation days and of course their holidays. For your future career paths, we would like to advise you to be more open regarding feedback while you are still employed. Regards, Fonpit AG
5.0
Mar 7, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

For the first time im my whole career, both in Berlin and abroad, I have found a place where I gladly arrive in the morning, as if I would be meeting friends for a coffee. 1. I never feel obligated (forced or pushed) to do anything, and this is for me the biggest motivation to work hard and stay inspired. I mean, I feel way more efficient when being able to set priorities together with my colleagues in a friendly atmosphere and not simply "do what the boss told". 2. I also have a chance to combine multiple responsibilities and learn new technologies, which is for me a reason to come to the office in the morning. 3. Here each one is his/her own boss. So for someone in a junior position, maybe it's not the best place to learn from someone. But for people with high level of self-motivation and a vision for goals, it's simply perfect. Here you have to rely on yourself. 4. The company is very family-friendly and offers a flexible schedule. 5. Benefits like fruits, nuts etc. I hope there's no need to tell much . Just normal startup-setup here. 6. I will not say about other departments (maybe it's different from how it looks), but in mine people are insanely positive.

Cons

Well, for me personally the "contras" is something I find beneficial: no clear goals and finely-planned strategy from management lets us all be self-managed and do more than indicated by the job description. What could be improved: 1. Hardware could be better. 2. Out-of-the-office professional activities, such as conferences, are not much supported. It's even hard to get a day-off, not to mention the company will not pay them.

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