A company in transition - Manager Expedia Group Employee Review

3.0
Jun 4, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Very successful company that has been growing tremendously for the past few years. Some pros of working there: * Growth opportunities abound in a truly global company * Interesting challenges around scaling the technology and business * Generally a very laid back working culture and strong emphasis on work/life balance * Diverse group of colleagues from travel, tech and many other backgrounds * Depending on the group you're in the impact of your work can be substantial * Executive leadership generally know what they're doing * Benefits and travel perks are nice * Newer tech initiatives and focus on adopting new technologies is promising

Cons

* Growing pains are real and are felt in many ways. Significant technical debt holding back progress, company culture and work/life balance is being challenged and hard to get work done across groups and company is starting to feel 'big' * Mid-level management is generally weak and there's a lot of dead weight there that impact employee morale and career development * Compensation is below par for tech talent * Business growth has been mostly inorganic through acquisitions * Decision making is mostly top-down and and people aren't encouraged to challenge that * Too much focus on activity/velocity as opposed to real results * Expedia's top talent is as good as anyone in industry but on average talent pool is weak * New campus location is terrible choice and employee concerns about it are mostly met with empty platitudes or silence

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Expedia Group Response
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Thank you for taking the time to write a review. We’d encourage you to speak to your HrBP, particularly around your compensation concern, and other management concerns that you may have. As a company we empower our staff to “think fast” and have the opportunity to challenge the status quo so we are disappointed this hasn’t been your experience. With regards to the site move, we’d ask for you to sit tight on that for the time being whilst we look at options for commuting.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

Incredible benefits! Quality, affordable medical insurance, 401k, wellness reimbursement, travel reimbursement, plenty of PTO, etc. They have fresh food cooked daily for breakfast and lunch, available for purchase. They also have free food, such as yogurt cups, cheese sticks, and shelf-stable fruits available to all employees. The benefits keep many of us here. I will say, have had two supervisors so far, and they’ve each been great. Very understanding, yet motivating. I haven’t yet met a supervisor who didn’t value their supervisees.

Cons

The main digital platforms we use do not function efficiently, which makes a noticeable impact on our work. On a perfect day, you’ll still spend 8-12 minutes per hour waiting on load screens, but we have experienced days in which the sites were down for about 6 hours within an 8 hour day. I feel that our quarterly goals are not constructed with this in mind. Another major con is—like many places now—job security is an issue. AI is taking over the job of many employees, and while we’re told to embrace it, it’s difficult to do so when you could walk in any day and be told to pack your things.

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