Giesecke+Devrient Reviews

3.5

74% would recommend to a friend

(642 total reviews)

Dr. Ralf Wintergerst

90% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Giesecke+Devrient has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 642 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Giesecke+Devrient employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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642 reviews
1.0
23 Jun 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Benefits are some of the best out there.

Cons

Most employees are extremely overworked. Hourly production employees are poorly paid, poorly trained and forced to work extreme overtime. Salaried workers are underpaid and it is considered a badge of honor to work 12+ hour days, everyday. It's a "me" first environment where teamwork is virtually non-existent. Nothing happens quick as everything has to go through headquarters in Munich, what should take a few days takes months. The company has been driven into financial crisis and "cost savings measures" have been enacted - i.e. laying off hundreds internationally.

1.0
5 Sept 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Flexible working hours. as long as you work 8 hours per day.

Cons

I have joined this company less than a month. It was a worst experience in my whole entire career. After I have decided to move on from this company and this is not the ending yet. The typical local HR will find all sort of reasons not to pay your last salary settlement even though I have a valid reason given.

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Giesecke+Devrient Response
7y
The employee, whom we hired for SAP consultant roles, left the Company abruptly before lunch on 16th Aug. He claimed that he had to attend to his child for the next 3 months who was in hospital and has not returned to office since then. His boss even offered to keep his position open for 3 months. We also told him that we would welcome him back to the office anytime within the three months once his child had recovered, with the condition that he was to provide sufficient proof. As per his employment contract with Company, either he or Company has to give 2 weeks’ notice or salary in lieu should either party decides to terminate the contract. Based on this termination clause, we withheld his 2 weeks’ salary as there was no sufficient proof. There was no wrong doing on our part, and we had clearly communicated to him on this matter. Nonetheless, though he had not really fulfilled the condition, we decided to release his salary on compassionate ground and close the case. We only came to know about his posting on 12 September and were deeply disappointed with his negative post. We hope his child has fully recovered by now and also wish him all the best in his future endeavors.
2.0
3 Apr 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Current Heads of business units (banknote as well as cards and services) are smart, industrious and have a vision - thank you!, many lovely colleagues; good cafeteria

Cons

Women don't stand a chance at G&D; there is an incredible underlying sexism permeating every nook and cranny of this company; very hierarchical; management exploits employees' work without giving them credit or visibility; lots of superfluous and silly activities pampering top management without benefiting the company; management board that thinks it is ruling a kingdom instead of running a company; critical voices are not well liked

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