Pluspunten
- The Ulm site has proven that it can handle responsibility through its very high level of competence - Highly qualified and motivated colleagues - World-class continuous-integration competency - Many good friendships - Strong and positive international atmosphere with meetings in English by default - Great company-car program - Very flexible working hours - Well-equipped kitchens with free-of-cost coffee, tea, milk, sparkling water and fruits - Series development creates a strong connection between own work and the final product on the street - Many opportunities to continuously expand own technical expertise - Technologically quite up to date
Minpunten
- After more than six years, the Ulm site still has insufficient autonomy from BMW AG to make own decisions - Too much politics in decision processes - Experience from previous projects is rarely appreciated and no less used in new projects - Destructive Continuous Integration Strategy laid out by management. - The tendency towards teams with too many highly qualified developers leads to many fights for dominance and a high level of not-invented-here syndrome - No works council ("Betriebsrat") with which management could and would have to speak eye to eye. - Little competency within management in conflict resolution between their developers. - High fluctuation of team assistants because they are hired as temporaries with little prospect of extension. - Poor machine-learning vision by management despite high skill levels in the staff. - Growing frustration among colleagues who have been with the company for a longer time - Team leads feel closer to their bosses than their own teams.