KISKA Reviews

Pros

As of now, 34 nationalities within 220 employees, with the most important design services all under one roof. Transportation design from sketch, through clay, to fully functioning design prototypes. Extremely talented designers, always striving for the best result. Strategic and highly process driven design development.

Cons

High pace with high expectations.

Pros

Great working environment. Great brands. Perfect setting. The company is always trying to make life more enjoyable for us. Constantly progressing.

Cons

Fairly high turn over of staff due to the rate of progression. Expensive area to live in and difficult to find reasonable accommodation at affordable prices.

Advice to Management

Establish a commune for interns. More reward and opportunity for the existing staff, as apposed to outsourcing.

Pros

-Highly supportive colleagues -Inspiring atmosphere -Great working enviroment

Cons

-Low salaries in comparison to other firms

Pros

Recognized internationally, with talented colleagues from different backgrounds, interesting projects to work on and the opportunity to experience a unique culture. Located in a beautiful side of Austria.

Cons

Lots of promises that never get fulfilled. Structural changes are needed, but the company is uptight and not willing to change. Partners that are responsible for clients, teams and projects and need to have the last word on everything are rarely around when a presence is needed. Employees are underpaid, in many cases overworked and usually are not that happy to be there. Weird backstabbing between lower-level... employees and management. Smart employees don’t stick around for too long, once they figure out how things work there.

Advice to Management

Playing internal politics is never a good idea, especially when your employees get trapped in them. To evolve means to change, and having the courage to change for the better is also a sign of respect for those who work hard for you. Act in a transparent manner and give your employees the proper work conditions, wages and the attention they deserve. If you do that, they will do wonders for you. Until then,... recruiting and retention of great talent will remain your biggest challenge, and ultimately your clients will pay the price.

Pros

Good salary Good work conditions Flexible work hours Good culture mixture Potential opportubities

Cons

Overwhelming sometimes Bad management in some cases

Pros

Beautiful surrounding, very interesting colleagues. the company is constantly getting interesting people. Recognize internationally

Cons

Negative Management structure. Aging senior input. Located in a small town, not in the city.

Advice to Management

Do something about your current situation before you keep loosing valuable talent.

Pros

Great surroundings, interesting projects. The company is joined at the hip to KTM, which provides a stable, constant and predictable flow of diverse core projects encompassing all aspects of branding, design and marketing.

Cons

Most of the work is done by interns and Junior designers who are paid a pittance, charged out at a fortune and promised the world. These promises are nothing more than carrots dangled in front of them which they chase after for years. Some of them realise this before too long and leave for more appreciative and better paid employment, (or get kicked out from one day to the next as the companies workload changes)... whilst others stick at it and get thrown a small bone every now and then to stop them leaving whilst being fed lies about how if they keep doing what they are doing they will be rewarded, next year. Employees are required to account for and enter into a slow and tedious time management system what they are doing during every minute of every day. Nobody in the company makes a decent salary except the partners, and whilst a few are promised the possibility of ascending to such lofty heights, these promises like so many they make, are just a tool they use to get what they want. Those at the top of the company are devious and dishonest, if you want to work there, always keep this in mind when talking to them, from your first interview. They may act like they have your best interests in mind, but it's part of the game they play. Management have an egotistical, provincial and narrow minded perspective of the world. Extremely competitive environment makes everybody nervous, resulting in a childish amount of backstabbing and other unproductive behaviour. Nervous breakdowns happen frequently there as a result.

Advice to Management

Stop lying to people, and acting so deviously. Stop acting like you know everything, the reality is you are extremely insulated and don't live the culture of the brands you sell. Reward people in an honest fashion. Pay more attention to what is (and isn't) required by your employees in order to do their job and listen to what they have to say. They are after all the people doing the work and therefore can... offer you good real world advice into making the company more efficient. Spend more time in big cities, you are out of touch with the majority of the planet.

Pros

flexbiel, man lernt viel, international, man bekommt gute Kontakte

Cons

relativ wenig Freizeit, wenn man sicht nicht dafür einsetzt