When I first started at N26 just before Series C funding, it was a fun, if a little chaotic, environment where everyone was passionate about the product we were creating and felt engaged in the mission to build a bank people loved to use. Over time, the focus has shifted purely to getting as big as possible in terms of customers, people and funding and the C-level in the company have completely lost sight of what got people on board in the first place. Burn out, backstabbing, firing people at random with no explanation or reason, aggressive attitudes and complete tone deafness towards feedback have instead become the norm. The spark and excitement that once came with working at N26 has completely disappeared. The environment could be bearable if they paid market rate, but I moved to an earlier stage start up in a similar role and got a 20% increase on my salary.
