Expedia Group Reviews

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To be confirmed as of yet

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The senior management is becoming increasingly disconnected from what is happening on the ground; they organise events for themselves around the world to come up with ideas nobody cares about and build hype around castles in the sky.

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They value MBA candidates over experience

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Working in the EPS product team is like Game of Thrones show where

- Senior product leadership and People managers have been managing each other out, fighting for power and fostering tension between teams all this time
- Nepotismo. For normal people there's no career ladder to climb when the top rung is openly reserved for people with certain background. The more you resemble your manager, the better
- Numerous re-orgs and moves of the internal teams are widely practised

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micromanagement , impossible to transfer to other office, huge corporate brainwash, high targets

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- So many tools & systems (improving)

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Salary not as competitive but benefits are good

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Unfortunately, some employees share discriminatory remarks openly against African Americans/Asians and Muslims. After reporting to management of having discriminatory remarks told to me personally I was advised to think twice before taking further action. A few examples of incidents which I was involved in or was in the vicinity: an employee mentioned that a particular race are all thieves and Mosques should be outlawed in the US. An employee mentioned that an Indian colleague wears curry cologne. In a meeting someone suggested that having a majority of white people working at Expedia is due to natural selection. After having a call with an Indian person the employee then imitated an Indian accent openly in the office and others laughed and encouraged them. An employee (Manager Level) of southern European origin working in London advised that all races should stay in their own country. Whilst this is certainly not representative of the majority these were unpleasant experiences.

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Terrible Management and not being flexible when request to work abroad due to an unforeseen reason.

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The Company is becoming more centralised which is a necessary thing but can lead to a slightly more "top down" approach. There also has been a clear trend back to headquarters in Seattle for key decision making which is a watch-out depending on what you are looking for. Also it is probably best to be a specialist vs a generalist due to the centralisation of these functions. A watchout to those not in HQ is that now in the global work process you can have meetings early Mornings or late at nights and need to be careful to balance this. If you are able to then you can have a good work/life balance but it is tricky for many people (especially with families)