- base salary/compensation: overall, acceptable (due to nice perks) but not above average. It is fine for the the Berlin market as cost of living is relatively low,. However, with increasing rent levels, adjusting salary might become necessary in the medium run. Bigger tech firms pay better but offer fewer growth opportunities/responsibility. N26 is not the best place to work for people who look to maximize short term financial gains.
- not fully established internal processes: following the hyper growth phase in 2019, there are several places with lacking structures internally, leading to unclear communication paths and responsibilities. Even though this seems to be getting better over time, there is still plenty of work to be done
- work-life balance: Many employees do not work typical 9-5 jobs and overtime is not being compensated financially. Even though it is rather typical for start ups/scale ups of this size in Berlin, this is not ideal. Remote options that were implemented recently due to Covid-19 helped in that regard