Bad Management - Chief Technology Officer (CTO) HAPPYCAR Employee Review

Supportive boss and friendly colleagues

The pay was low, basically 3EUR an hour (pretty sure this is illegal and they hire international students to get away with it) The other cons are out of HappyCar's control

International environment and young teams

The management openly lies, recruiting interns for online marketing and product management positions. The job descriptions appear in the terms of contract but are not respected. Instead the company is literally a Call-Centre. Do not expect any other task than sitting in a room with cabins answering E-mails and insulting customers’ calls all day long. Even after complaining several times, the management still refused to give task related to marketing and product management, violating the contract terms. International interns are often exploited. In this Call-Centre, often single interns are responsible to answer, alone, calls from customers of a whole country. A learning by doing is promoted, consequently interns receive no training. However they are 100 % liable for their mistakes. On one side there is high pressure to perform (interns are regularly controlled), on the other side mistakes are not accepted. The company decks itself with being a Start-Up with flat hierarchy and flexible environment. Instead there are very strict rules and no sign of flexibility, regarding both tasks and working hours (not even for few minutes). No learning possibilities, no career opportunities.