Pros
I work in the Innovation Team, but many of the pros and cons apply for the wider company. - Lots of challenges: Allianz and insurance industry in general is changing, Allianz Partners is transforming even more. This means many things to do and act on, many opportunities, extremely interesting projects and partner companies, possibility to really make a difference. - Great team: Diverse backgrounds, top skills, young but experienced, good to work with, ambitious and passionate, one of the main reasons to join! - Good company: Working in an international environment with different cultures and nationalities, with all the benefits (and some downsides) of a big but fast growing & transforming company.
Cons
- Maybe too many challenges: Company is not only transforming organization but also IT landscape, harmonizing products globally, starting new innovative initiatives; but at the same time trying to maximize revenues and profits. - This also leads to a quite stretched work-life balance, plus too many processes and "politics" slowing the team down despite everybody working hard to overcome this. - Very complex setup with many dotted and solid lines, many board members; even worse when looking at Allianz in general with many country silos and complex processes & governance. - Small stuff: While workplace setup in general is good (e.g. Bring your own device policy, nice office location etc.) workplace IT sometimes is frustrating (e.g. speed, stability of simple applications such as Office, IE).