Pros
- Relaxed job, a "family oriented" company - if someone wants just a some job and don't want to be bothered too much, it's perfect - hours & deadline are flexible, take a break whenever you want. Not demanding in terms of performance and knowledge, except Amadeus specific knowledge. - French Riviera is a warm and sunny place, and is next to the sea! - Possibility to transfer to Munich, London, Boston, Miami or Sydney... ok, it's not that easy, but it's possible. - 6+1 weeks of vacation, a month long vacation is not a problem. - No long hours. - Coworkers from all over the world. I'd recommend Amadeus to someone who wants to take a break for a while.
Cons
- Small town life: 1) It's slooow! I felt there like in a coma. 2) After work I was mostly hanging around with Amadeus people. It's because except Amadeus, form Cannes to Monaco, there's just a handful other people to meet. Majority are either retired, super rich, or unfriendly. 3) I come from a place where things are done on time, shops are opened from early morning till late evening, without a lunch break, many also on Sunday and there's plenty of options to chose from. Not so on the French Riviera! 4) Buses and trains are seldom on time, don't cover the whole area and are not very frequent - car's a necessity. Count with spending a good amount of your life in traffic jamms. 5) Cliquish inhabitants. 6) Expensive place. - Tech is old, 1990s stuff - GDS & internal tools. Think of a stereotypical corporate software. - It's not really a programming job, more like a "paperwork job" with short coding once in a while. - On-calls suck. - Too many people have too much time in their hands and plenty of frustrations. I had a few coworkers and "friends" watching my every move, then making disparaging remarks about it, or putting me down behind my back. Those that weren't doing it kept quiet about it in front of me. Team leader did nothing about it, in fact was a part of it! What kind of childish behavior is that?? - Clear communication is an alien concept there - method of choice is hating, badmouthing and passive aggression. Again, what kind of a childish management is that?? - Being fake and deceitful seems to be a requirement for living in this part of Europe. As well as being judgemental and small-minded. - Meeting the same kind of people also in my free time sucks big time.. there's hardly any escape. - It takes usually months to get anything done. - No career advancement. - A number of my coworkers were amazingly stupid.. - From the majority of them I got an impression that they're just pretending to be engineers. I wouldn't recommend Amadeus someone who wants to be active, achieve and work in a positive culture.