Deutsche Telekom reviews

3.8

74% would recommend to a friend

(1,415 total reviews)
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Timotheus Höttges

84% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Deutsche Telekom has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,415 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Deutsche Telekom employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Telekommunikation industry (3.6 stars).

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3.0
Apr 5, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good, friendly people. Pay is competitive. The company is doing a lot of things. Once you're there it is quite easy to lateral move and find your next opportunity. Work life balance is good and the Cologne / Bonn region is really nice.

Cons

1. It is a huge company. Which means, it is quite slow, and you often end up spending a lot of time finding the right contact person in the organization. It's also a very politics prone environment, so you'd better be good at that if you want to be successful at DT. Unfortunately, because of the very low turn over in personal, the opportunities to get promoted are very rare. 2. Well, no big news here, but this is a German company, so you'd better be accustomed to the German business culture to strive in the organization. Really good command of German is mandatory if you're based in Germany. Also that means that you live in a very risk-averse organization. Don't expect too much innovation to come from it.

2.0
May 20, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

DTAG is located in over 50 countries worldwide. DTAG has massive ICT resources. DTAG is still partly owned by the German Government.

Cons

DTAG HQ leaders and top managers, being primarily native-born Germans, inaccurately assume they understand and know what is going on outside of Germany without the necessary motivation nor courage to ask open questions like "Wie geh'ts?"

3.0
Oct 25, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Have access to upper level management and casual working environment. Telecommuting is acceptable. Senior leader ship gives you great insight into the over direction of the company. You can be heard in almost any field inside the company you have an interest in.

Cons

Long hours expected and holiday taken are looked down on. Getting prompted or raises is difficult. Though you can give yourself what ever title you want, you will not get any more respect or bonus. The balance of work life definitely leans on work.

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