(Still) good salary, but abysmal social atmosphere & working conditions - Patent Examiner EPO Employee Review

1.0
Oct 11, 2018
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Good salary. But it comes at a price (s.b.)

Cons

Little respect and legal protection for employees & staff reps. Unilateral changes of salary/promotion/insurance schemes. Censorship, extreme production pressure at the expense of production quality. Single-dimensional promotion scheme only based on production targets. Quality-wise only lip service. Nepotism. Violation of national and European labour law. Once you're in for too long, it is difficult to get out unless you want to become a patent attorney (highly specialized EPO work, little external training with outside significance).

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Cons

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Cons

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