Otto doesn't ship to other European countries
Is this a bug or is it real? Everyone is saying that Otto is the new European amazon but it doesn't seems like that. (I am already buying from allegro but they don't have this product in stock)
It is real. Apparently: "Die Lieferung erfolgt ausschließlich innerhalb von Deutschland." (Delivery is only possible within Germany.)
Weak Otto. 2025 and you can not ship a good from Germany to Italy or Denmark while Amazon and [add china shop] ship worldwide over a decade.
Otto is generally surprisingly backwards. They still can't even handle multiple vendors in a single invoice. That means, if you buy five items, but two of them are from independent sellers, you'll not only pay for shipping three times (somewhat understandable), but you'll also get three different invoices that you have to pay separately. It's 2025, and 90% of all software devs in Hamburg have worked for Otto at some point, and they still can't get their shit together.
It’s 2025, and 90% of all software devs in Hamburg have worked for Otto at some point, and they still can’t get their shit together.
I'd put money on that being a dumpster fire of a workplace - the kind where turnover is very high, everyone is constantly busy putting out fires with slapped together solutions, and if anyone tries to do anything that might prevent future fires they get shouted at for not putting out fires.
No, they actually got a pretty good reputation. They're a big corporation with probably hundreds of devs in their HQ. It's not unlikely that a whole bunch of devs came into town specifically because of them or were hired straight out of university.
They’re a big corporation with probably hundreds of devs in their HQ.
If they are like that and not dystopian as an employer they would be the big exception in that size category.
It's 2025, and 90% of all software devs in Hamburg have worked for Otto at some point, and they still can't get their shit together.
Hell, I'd be happy to take a crack at it if they'd sponsor my work visa...
Actually, they might do that.
That’s Germany for you 🥲😂
Always at the forefront of the last decade (sometimes even last 2 decades!)