Simply just you reading this article now, already tells so much about you. Maybe not your star sign and what your favorite dish at the Italian place next door is, but that you don’t find your job as attractive as when you started, for different reasons.

 

What follows are 10 warning signs that you better take serious, and that show you should consider a job change.  

 

 

1. Too much overtime

 

“I love how I repetitively have to work more than planned, get home stressed, and drown my frustration in a cup of Ben and Jerry’s.” - said no one ever. Statistics show that working overtime too often is the main reason for Germans to consider quitting their job. To keep work and life in balance is not only essential for you to productivity but also for your mental and physical health. For some work might be the bearer of glad tidings himself. But most people look for different things that satisfy them. Whatever it may be, just make sure that exactly that doesn’t come too short, and that you don’t ask yourself in a few years, how your life escaped you. And if it has to be a job change - so be it!

 

 

 

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2. Bad working atmosphere

 

You almost spend as much time with your colleagues as with your family with an 8-hour working day. You kind of take that your family doesn’t appreciate your humor, but if there's no chemistry between your colleagues and you and there’s no change in sight, you might need to consider getting a new job. You will see that a good working atmosphere will change your productivity and mood in and outside the office immensely.

 

 

 

3. Poor pay

 

There is plenty of other fish in the sea! Or in your case maybe: Other employers have great jobs too. It’s not a fair appreciation of your work and probably a sign to change your job if the amount of responsibility you take is not equal to the pay you get.

 

 

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4. You’re not challenged enough

 

Hey, if you love doing the same thing every day and you don’t have to push yourself at work, that’s great. Should you not feel challenged enough and want to do work that you can’t do at your current job, that’s a pretty visible sign. No matter how cozy the comfort zone might be at the moment, maybe a new job is the best decision for the new and young 2019!

 

 

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5. You complain about your job

 

Be it the boss, the stress, the colleagues or the room temperature that someone in the office changes continuously. Often, you don’t realize yourself how often you complain about certain things, unless someone points it out to you. Pay attention to it: Is the first thing you mention after a long day something negative and work related? If so, the alarm bells should ring for you right now.

 

 

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6. No opportunity for advancement

 

Don’t waste your valuable time with a company that doesn’t value your hard work and doesn’t give you challenges and options to grow. Look for a job that suits your skills and demands.

 

7. Questionable path

 

Colleagues are fired for no reason? Client feedback gets ignored? Overtime doesn’t get honored, and payment is bad anyway? Sure, nothing can be perfect everywhere, but if the company is going down a path, that you can’t arrange with you, well, then we don’t know what you’re waiting for!

 

 

8. Corporate culture doesn’t work for you

 

Should you long for flexible working times and remote work, but you stuck with a 9 to 5 job, you will probably never be happy with your job. No matter how much you like other parts of your job.  

 

 

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9. You struggle to go to work

 

This can have different and multiple reasons. Maybe you realize that you’ve picked the wrong job and you don’t have any motivation for that reason. Or it’s a combination of all the things mentioned above. Should you realize that the reason why you have to drag yourself to work as a wet sack can’t be changed, you should put an end to it all and look for a new challenge.

 

 

 

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10. You are reading this article

 

Maybe you’re even reading this article at work? That would be even better. But no matter where you read it, just that you clicked on this article or that you were looking for help on this topic, it is a sign, that you probably should part ways with your job and should head a different direction.

 

 

 

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Should you really consider quitting your job, do it mindfully. Weigh out the pros and cons of the job. Consider all the risk that comes with the termination. Try to solve problems where they can be solved. Should all that not help, we won’t keep you from doing what you have to do.

On the contrary! Write a list of To-Do’s before you step out the door ultimately, like update your Xing Profile and to trust a recruiter with your worries. A recruiter is like a small angel without wings that still guard you and know exactly what you need in this situation. These angels are hard to find, but maybe we can help?

 

Click here and see what happens!

 

hy, you’re back! I’m sure you’ve read the article “Working for a Start-up as a developer: Pros and Cons” and you’re now hungry for more, or you want to know if the other side of the medal is shinier.  We at hy are here to satisfy your hunger, be unconcerned. (Sadly just metaphorically, Foodora or the like is responsible for the rest) Buckle up, adjust your mirror - here it is, a pro and contra list that you wouldn’t be able to find a better one in 10th grades social studies.

 

Enjoy!

 

Pro 1. Benefits and more Benefits
 

Not everything that shines is gold; my mother used to say. But sometimes she just doesn’t know what she is talking about. Gym membership? Company smartphones? Company pension? These are all things, that would cost you a lot of money, but are almost existential. I mean, what else would you do on the tram on the way back home, if you couldn’t look at your phone, completely emotionless?

 

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Con 1. Anonymity

 

“Johnny got fired yesterday!” - “Oh no! Who’s Johnny?”. Yeah, it could go down that way. And maybe you’re Johnny soon, should you decide on working in a big firm. No, we don’t want to scare you. But, indeed, it’s possible. When it gets to a certain number of employees, you can’t possibly know everyone by name. It’s possible you like that. But when your job is affected by someone else you haven’t met yet, it feels a bit weird. Sure, a lot of significant concerns but try to connect employees with another, however, this is rarely useful.

 

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Pro 2. Clear Structure

 

Unlike a start-up, the company structure is more precise. You are part of a (hopefully) well-oiled machine. From the day you start your job, your tasks in that machine are clear. After a while, you understand the pathways to a promotion, too. If you’re a fan of “template jobs,” you’ll like working for a corporation.

 

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Con 2. Clear Structure

 

Yes, this clear structure can also be seen as a disadvantage. Should there still be a traditional hierarchy within the company, the employees will get minimal autonomy. Leadership positions will only make decisions. So if you are someone who doesn’t like to lean back and let other people do, but more so want to contribute, because, we know that this thing on top of your neck has a lot of great ideas, then a big enterprise might not be for you.

 

Pro 3. Support Programs

 

Big companies usually have more money to spend on their employees. For example to make entering a career easier for young people and to spend it on training for specific practices within the company.

 

Con 3. Working times and location

 

For all 9-5 fans, fixed working times are a dream. The daily routine stays the same - day in and day out. For everyone else, it’s a nightmare. Life admin gets postponed and postponed, till you completely lose track of your hobbies, interests or obligations outside of work. In a start-up you get flexible working times, so you can finally keep your doctor's appointment, you can visit your grandma at the old people's home but still, go to work after or even work from home. Flexible working times are great for the company, too. Not much to do? Work less. Lots to do? Work more. This is so much more productive.

 

Pro 4. Salary

 

Christmas bonus, holiday pay - money, money, money! We know what Dagobert Duck would decide on. We know too, that money isn’t utterly unimportant to you. The salary will definitely be higher at a big company.
 

 

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Con 4.  Slow Feedback

 

In a big company, feedback travels way slower, than in a start-up. If your boss is the devil, that might be good, but usually, it’s advantageous for both sides, to get a response to your actions as soon as possible.

All in all, it’s crucial for you to understand what you are looking for in a job and what suits your style of working better. Where do you see yourself working in 1-2 years? Do you like what you see? During your job interview, you should ask for all one’s worth.

Maybe write down the essential points before, so you don’t forget in the heat of the battle.

 

And: What's your choice? Start-up or corporation?

 

 

A job at Google, Microsoft, Siemens and other giants used to be the ultimate lucky strike. Rightly so? The grass seemed to be greener and covered by beautifully smelling roses at these concerns — good pay, strong social media game, amenities, good infrastructure and so on. However, a lot of developers are now swapping to start-ups that can be a hell of an intimidating monster to tame should you only now set foot in the working world or should you want to change careers. But luckily you’ve got us to bring light into the dark. Here you’ll find out why you should or shouldn’t work for a start-up:

 

Pro 1.  You’ll learn a lot

Working in a start-up gives you the freedom to tinker like crazy, to play a part in a lot of areas like product development, funding, leadership, marketing. Because there’s no middle management, you can work directly with the founders and learn from them.
Even though a lot of the work you will do is not part of your job description, working in a dynamic and demanding environment like that definitely has its charm. Go - use your super brain!

 

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Con 1. You need to be dedicated - very dedicated

Now you might think “Hell yeah that’s me!”. But we want to make sure you really understand what dedication in a start-up means. It means working when everyone else is long at home, maybe already sleeping, “holidays” is a foreign word and the work-life scale is way out of balance. Sure, the work can be “fun and games”, but the pressure to deliver, and therefore the stress, is high. There’s not much you want to do after work besides Netflix and chill to relieve your brain finally.

 

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Pro 2. Realize your ideas

At a start-up, contrary to big companies, you really have the chance to leave a footprint. Start-ups need to grow fast to keep up, which gives you the license to be creative. No matter if you have new ideas, start new projects or bring a new point of view to the table, all of that is highly supported.

 

 

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Con 2. Job security

Sometimes, but only sometimes, a few stars disappear from the start-up sky.
Research has shown, that more than 90% of start-ups fail within their first three years. They need to fear, that new technical progress and new inventions beat them to it and kill them off. Risky, risky business.
 

 

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Pro 3. Working Atmosphere

Shoes off, feet on the table and beer in one hand, while the other hand is typing away on the keyboard. Often a cold beer and fresh fruit (balance is essential) is only a hand movement away. The door to the toilet is left open, and the tabletop soccer board is continuously in use. The office is just equipped with everything that you will ever need, so you don’t have to go home. (Good, cause you might spend most of the day working at the office anyway!)

 

 

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Con 3. Salary

Let’s be real; if you should decide on working for a start-up, you don’t do it because you can see yourself driving a Porsche to work soon. The pay gap is pretty obvious if you compare the same position in a start-up to the one of a typical company. Gruenderszene.de found out that skilled employees in the old economy make around 57,491 Euro per year and the ones in start-ups 40,978 euro yearly. That’s almost a difference of 8,000 kebabs!

 

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In summary, you can say, that 60+ hour work weeks aren’t doable over a long period. Meaning the start-up you work for will have to become profitable sooner rather than later or needs to find an investor and hire enough people to keep you and other employees happy. Otherwise, it looks pretty gloomy. You should ask questions wisely at your job interview to eliminate the chance of bad surprises later on. Should you not be interested in the product, you are probably better with working for a traditional company.

What do you think? Can you imagine working for a start-up? Maybe even establishing a start-up on your own?

Next up: Working for a big corporation as a developer: Pro and Cons?

The struggle definitely is real, when you think about founder and their burdens. In the beginning phase it is possible, that the CEO fills the role of the social media strategist, builds the website and masters the marketing next to his main tasks. The big bucks just needs to be saved. Not only what the hiring of workers concerns, but also the purchase of necessary software and other tools. 

 

Cause there are a variety of aides, that you don’t have to pay one cent for, the latter problem can easily be fixed. So you don’t have to find the needle in a haystack, hy collected recommendable tools for you, that young entrepreneurs like to use.

 

Jump-start

 

Google for entrepreneurs: If someone knows the struggle, it’s Google. Did you know that their first office was in a garage? To simplify the beginning for other founders they built Startup-Hubs in some cities, called “Campus”, that provide space for learning and a good contact point to exchange with like-minded people. Moreover you also get a lot of information and instructions online on how Google Tools can help you in recruiting, design, marketing or backend development. 

 

Safe and share files

 

WeTransfer: Very practical for sharing big files and a good alternative for those, who don't want to spend money on dropbox each month or don't want to sacrifice memory space. All for free. Unless you want to send 20GB at one go and safe 100GB. Then you’ll need to pay 12€ a month. But hey, that’s just one Domino Cheeseburger Pizza less. 

 

Create a legal document

 

Foundersbox: The platform Foundersbox offers help for legal and tax issues as well as on the subject of finance. Here you can also create personalised documents like the founding document and employment contract. Foundersbox can’t replace individual legal advice. However, you can be sure, that the provided information make sense, cause the portal is operated by an business law firm.

 

Social media monitoring

 

Hootsuite: One of the best free tools on the market, guaranteed. You can manage three accounts at once and plan contend weekly or monthly.  If your only follower will still be your mom or if you gain follower daily, can be tracked with Hootsuite. Besides, there are also free courses and webinars, that really are worth looking into. Big names like Sony music, Virgin or the University of Cambridge use this social media help. So? Any questions? 

 

Organising projects

 

Pivotal Tracker: Provital Tracker combines agile project management with collaboration functions to simplify the information exchange for the team. The Tool provides features lie file sharing, task management and velocity tracking. There’s an API for external usage.

 

Homepage building set

 

Weebly: You’re 404 when it comes to design and code? Weekly makes it easy to set up an website. And easy is not at all a bad thing in this case! Basic structures, so called “building sets” with over 100 templates for websites, blogs, and shops are provided by weebly. If you want it a bit more individual, you can make changes for a small sum. 

 

Business intelligence

 

Exasol: This efficient in-memory-database gets the best out of your data. Known companies like Zalando and Xing don’t favour this tool for no reason. Big data volume can be analysed in real-time and directly in the database so frontend tool reports and visualisation are created fasted than usual.

 

And? Was there anything good for you? We know that the big offer of tools can be overcharging, but if you try out one of the tools above, nothing can go wrong!

 

Have fun giving them a shot!

Startups come and go like casual acquaintances. Whilst some are going as soon as they come, others are more successful in winning and most importantly keeping our attention.

Even though the degressive willingness to invest make for a hard 2016 for one or two established startups, it still was the year of birth for many companies.

 

Here’s a list of fresh startups you definitely need to keep in view. 

 

Zipline - „The Future of Healthcare is Out for Delivery“ 

A project with a lot of heart. “Zip” is a kind of drone that can distribute medical products to communities, that can’t easily be reached due to infrastructural problems. In just a few minutes a “zip” can be prepared and started. Fast than any other way of transportation and completely without a pilot!

 

Patreon - „Creators, come get paid“

A place for product-loving enthusiasts to talk about the newest apps, websites, hardware projects and tech-creations. I really did loose myself on the website whilst researching cause there’s so much to find out!

 

Marley Spoon - „Koche besser lebe smarter“

Now, a german startup that can make your life so much easier with their product. Do you want brag with cooking skills, that you don't really have? Then Marley spoon could be the right thing for you! You just have to decide for a recipe, order and you get a fresh box just in time when you need it. 

 

cheddar - “Watch from everywhere” 

And the award for the best logo goes to cheddar! No delicious cheese, but live and on demand videos can be streamed on cheddar. In doing so, cheddar focuses on innovative products and technologies. Who knows if “cheddar and chill” will become the new “Netflix and chill”? 

 

Comparably - “Transparent Compensation & Culture”

If we are completely honest with ourselves, we all want to know how much our peers earn. And the most interesting would be to know, how much our peers earn that, work in the same field like us. With comparably an employee can anonymously share information to his earnings, experiences, firm size, location and more. 

 

Pilot - “A World Without Language Barriers”
The Pilot Translation Kit comes with two earpieces and an app. The first earpieces has a build in microphone, that can filter everyday noise. Recognition of speech happen through the app, which passes the translation to the second earpiece. Because we were so positive about the idea, we had to order a kit and can’t wait to try it! Look forward to an upcoming blogpost about it!

 

This were amazing startups that leave the question how we could live without them for so long. They are lead by strong-minded personalities and we want to vocalise our respect for them! 

 

(Man, this could’ve been our ideas!)