Pros
+Technically competent +Well-developed internal processes +Monthly staff meetings +Announcements of salary increases at least to compensate for inflation +Meat like water from the tap (if you like it...)
Cons
I remember personal Cons, financial.com was my worst employer up to this date, what I mean by that: I was severely humiliated here in a non-work-related context during a staff appraisal, probably to amuse my line manager. My team also thought it was funny and had a good laugh about it. I was even threatened with dismissal for non objective reasons, which is totally against German labour law! When i fell ill and was recognized as severely disabled after my time at financial.com, they fired me, violating my protection against dismissal. Nothing stood in the way of sacking me from an economic point of view, but there was a social component missing. The HR department emphasized in the exit talk that there would be a separation of powers and that they would have been the right contact person to resolve the matter. However, there is no ‘real’ employee representation, i.e. no works council and no representative body for severely disabled employees. Anyone who has characteristics, behaviours, beliefs, etc. that are not recognized in their eyes should be warned, and that is what I am doing! The arbitrarily humiliating line manager is still working there and received no consequences...
