Toxic work environment in HOS - Software Engineer II SDE2 Amadeus Employee Review

2.0
3 Aug 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Tech stack and pay is good. The company is growing

Cons

Work life balance can get real bad in HOS vertical. There is lot of politics. Engineering managers are clueless about the components that they are working and usually have multiple levels of people working under them (sde4 and principal engineers) who don’t know to design and are only there to be part of meetings. Most of the development is done by juniors who are overloaded with work.

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5.0
22 May 2026
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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
27 Oct 2025
Recommend
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Pros

- Learning opportunities, every day brought something new to tackle or explore - Decent benefits package that covered the essentials - Competitive salary relative to industry standards

Cons

- Management is aggressively enforcing a hybrid model, even for remote employees, and is rescinding previously agreed upon contracts. There's a glaring lack of strategic vision from leadership. - If you're based in Europe or North America, job security is virtually nonexistent unless you're in upper management. Roles are being shifted to India, Colombia, and the Philippines, with cost-cutting prioritized over talent, experience, or loyalty. - The forced migration to Azure, compounded by poor planning, is draining resources. And employees are paying the price — not just through increased workload, but by being let go in recent layoffs (October '25). With many of the positions eliminated quietly transferred to offshore. - Layoffs are being justified as “market alignment” and financial necessity. Yet at the same time, the company continues to absorb small to medium-sized companies, raising serious questions about transparency, priorities, and long-term stability.

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