Expect to work crazy hours - Anonymous employee Camunda Employee Review

1.0
Oct 23, 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits are on par with other tech companies

Cons

Expect to work crazy hours. Remote first means working overtime. They constantly move the goal post with new and bigger targets. Everyone is expected to “overachieve”, simply achieving targets is considered unacceptable. Expect to get pinged/messaged at all hours of the day and night. They love to promise you the world but in reality, there is little to no career growth, no bonuses and no salary increase.

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Camunda Response
1y
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback; we genuinely appreciate your honesty and would like to address your concerns. As a scaling company, change is both inevitable and essential for our success. This is particularly true for Series A-E, where adapting our strategies and approaches is extremely crucial for remaining competitive and focused on our goals. Ensuring employee well-being, promoting healthy work-life integration and enabling supportive leadership is a priority at Camunda. We absolutely do not advocate for long hours. As a flexible global remote company, every Camundi is encouraged to manage their own calendars and we understand that different time zones can make things tricky, Slack being an informal communication tool, messages may come in based on different time zones. However, we expect responses only during your work hours, respecting your personal time. We would really like to ensure we can address any of these aspects that did not work for you. If you are comfortable, we would highly appreciate you reaching out to our CPO to ensure we look into ways to improve further. Thank you once again for your transparency and for sharing your thoughts with us. Camunda People Team

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Thank you for the great feedback! We’re glad to hear that you are enjoying your time at Camunda.
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Pros

The people who work at Camunda are, of course, the biggest pro. Benefits are good, as well.

Cons

The culture is downright awful. Employee programs have been slashed almost completely - no more retreat, no more regional social gatherings, no time together in person with your teams. Not only that, but the CEO blatantly said Camunda is not the place for job security or work-life balance and if you're looking for that, you can find it elsewhere. People are being laid off left and right. People are fearful for their jobs and I've heard of a lot of team members who are looking elsewhere. The standards that are given when you're hired are sometimes not attainable, especially when there is little to no direction from management. When I started, I had zero training time at all outside of the company onboarding. My team didn't assist at all in helping me learn the ropes- I was just thrown out to the wolves and expected to start projects with no guidance. This tends to be common across multiple teams, as well. A lot of middle management do not know how to run teams and although they go through "people manager training" that doesn't seem to do any good as they're still mostly incompetent.

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Camunda Response
12mo
Thank you for sharing your perspective. At Camunda, we’re in the midst of a significant transformation, shifting from a product-led company to a high-performing, AI-driven, go-to-market organization. That shift brings challenges, and we don’t shy away from acknowledging them. The intent behind our leadership’s messaging is not to downplay the importance of well-being, but to be transparent about the pace and focus required at this stage of our journey. We don’t see work and life as opposing forces. Instead, we believe meaningful work can be an important part of a fulfilling life. That’s why flexibility remains a core value at Camunda. Our fully remote model is designed to give people the autonomy to work where, when, and how it suits them best. We appreciate your feedback and wish you all the best in your next chapter.
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