Pros
Hmmm...I‘m really clutching at straws here to find a PRO. You could say the technology is good. But even that area is a mess...Fidor‘s been running for YEARS and they still have no proper product descriptions as of Feb 2018. The lower level staff are all pretty cool. International environment. Blah blah blah...
Cons
Wow, where do I start?! This place is run so badly that even the clients are walking out the door...willing to throw away MILLIONS of euros spent to date out of frustration vis a vis the mess and sheer incompetence. Over promising and under delivering is the name of the game in this company. NO project is a success. Management are at best extremely emotional, volatile and temperamental to say the least. They don’t even pretend to be professional, and when something goes wrong, you better run for the hills! There are zero processes and standards. The paperwork looks and reads shoddy, like it was written at 2am after one to many JD& cokes. Every department is run haphazardly and decisions made arbitrarily. HR does nothing to look after Fidor staff and make them feel valued. Fact! People coming from big places like Harvard or top banks don’t last...hmmm...I wonder why! Some of the heads of departments are good guys; ops, product engineering. The others are two faced, suffering from a total lack of professional integrity, of average ability and have zero leadership skills. Meaning your talent will NOT be fostered, you will NOT be mentored, and don’t expect ANY training. Even when you arrive, unless you ask, no one will train you on the products. The number of times I’ve seen people really trying, failing once, then being thrown out in the cold is too often to count. The lower level staff are cool but treated mostly like disposables. Don’t bother being good, it won’t help you here...on the contrary! Honestly, if you feel you’ve had a good career so far or are good at what you do, don’t apply to this place. You will at best be tainted, and at worst lose your ability to perform at the level required by larger more established organisations. None of the above is an exaggeration. Just ask ANYONE who works there. Except of course if it’s management or an affiliate of HR! Bad bad bad.