Booking.com reviews

4.1

80% would recommend to a friend

(7,592 total reviews)
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Glenn Fogel

70% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Booking.com has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 7,592 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Booking.com employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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8K reviews
3.0
May 7, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

There is a nice social atmosphere in the company but really beacuse of the colleagues, not the management. It is very internatioal with people from all over the world but most;y from Europe. Being in the center of Amsterdam is really nice too.

Cons

Senior management treated people like cattle and with no compassion although I am told that is changing. The technology used at bookings is outdated for development purposes and bookings seems to be one of the last group using it meaning the skill developed here are not very exportable.

1.0
Apr 30, 2013

It is a miracle to get a permanent contract

Anonymous employee
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Pros

International company, multicultural with lots of great colleagues from all parts of the world

Cons

It looks like the company is growing because they constantly hire people, but it is only to kick out the ones that after 3 temporary contracts should receive a permanent one (according to the Dutch law). The salary is very, very low, illogical promotions for unskilled people without any experience, bonus target that doesn't deserve even a word commenting it. If you apply for job there and you don't receive any response, this is a "normal" practice, somebody hasn't liked your CV for some reason. If you get a mail after all, it is only to tell you how you are not the right person because there is somebody muuuuch better than you. This is not true, there is somebody who the "team-senior-second team- leader" likes more. They are not giving you a permanent contract and even have the guts to ask you why you're leaving the company?!!! They treat you like a dog, counting on the endless foreigners coming to Holland and ready to give everything in order to work.

3.0
Apr 30, 2013

Opportunities and great colleagues

Anonymous employee
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Pros

* Great colleagues * Very international * Freedom * Flat hierarchy * Easy to contact colleagues from any department - always willing to help * It's quite dynamic and change is expected all the time * Opportunities - company where it's possible to grow, move to different roles and different departments. It's up to the person to be proactive and take the initiative and move on the direction he/she wants. If you're good, you'll make it.

Cons

* In some teams, when people start in a position they are a bit on their own and trying to find out how they'll fit and what's expected from them. * In some cases, very specialized work - meaning that you are in a small team dedicated to a specific job and do not have access to other related things very easily. This is understandable due to the size of the company and its rapid growth. * This as result of the rapid growth, management change and lack of managers that work on developing people (in a lot of cases due to lack of time and some due to lack of experience). * Low salaries

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