Expedia Group Reviews

Pros

The team is super friendly, the office is awesome, they are very flexible

Cons

Nothing comes to my mind

Pros

Brilliant culture, lots of cool work, lovely environment, working with really smart people

Cons

Working a lot of US hours can be hard

Pros

Fun company with interesting challenges & a great culture. Working hours between London & Seattle can be a challenge.

Cons

Challenging dynamics between the brands and central Expedia Group teams.

Pros

A superb place to work, surrounded by bright, open-minded people.

Cons

It really is hard to think of any!

Pros

Growing opportunities, young teams, high educated colleagues

Cons

In London if you don't have a Certification in Finance it might difficult to progress even with a Master's Degree in Finance

Advice to Management

To keep up the good spirit and confidence of the Team by being cautions in making big changes without collecting feedback from the Team itself

Pros

Getting the chance to work with some really smart people, more casual and easy-going work environment and dress code than most companies.

Cons

This used to be a fun and creative company with a start up like culture, especially in engineering. No more! Unfortunately, under the new management (after Dara Khosrowshahi left) Expedia is fast turning into another boring corporation. This used to be a place where people had fun at work and enjoyed themselves. Right now it's a lonely place where people are hiding behind their headphones like at so many other... companies. Mark Orkestrom seems to be a promotional CEO and even his laughter seems rehearsed. Personally, I don't trust much of what he says. A lot of the inspirational leaders like Aman Bhutani have been leaving in droves and have been replaced with careerists who try their best to make people work harder and harder. This leaves less time to work smart, be creative and come up with new ideas. The company has been on a path to centralisation and unification which actively discourages trying new things and forces everyone to use the same tools and methodologies. On top of this you have the long term Expedia problems with company cult-like culture, active promotion of certain social and political views and constant re-organisations. The turnover is extremely high, to the point that there is not much stability at all. Getting a promotion is very difficult when your manager changes every year, sometimes even twice a year. Last but not least benefits have been cut, for example the health care provider was replaced with one offering less benefits and encouragement for healthier lifestyle. Loyal employees are not really rewarded for sticking with the company. The 3 extra days leave people used to get after 5 years of loyal service have been scrapped. Personally I got a promotion without any salary increase at all. As a result a lot of loyal employees have been packing their bags in the last year or two. No wonder the company is no longer anywhere near the best places to work in the UK on Glassdoor ,a list it used to top. Even worse, I feel that with the current management team Expedia as a place to work is heading only one way - down!

Advice to Management

Go back to Expedia's roots as a creative and entertaining place to work. Get rid of the workaholics, especially among management that ruin the work environment. Encourage working smart instead of working hard.

Pros

Really interesting projects and tasks that many departments are involved in which follows the values of one team one group. Great work life balance Great benefits including life assurance, critical illness, income protection. Additional benefits you can select including cycle vouchers, travel insurance, private medical, dentist insurance, gadget insurance and many more. Office is really nice with newly revamped... terrace and games room along with table tennis tables. Free drinks fridges in every kitchen which has healthy and soft drink options.

Cons

Very complex business with so many details that you just need to learn and a lot of changes within the company. However this is necessary for continuous innovation. Besides from this no cons so far.

Pros

Really fast paced - there's always lots going on and plenty of interesting projects to get involved in Lots of career development opportunities Genuine, lovely, clever co-workers Great benefits! Travel allowance and travel discounts, wellness allowance to spend on gym membership etc as well as all the standard ones. Brilliant paternity leave. Relatively good work life balance, and very flexible working culture

Cons

Lots of change, constantly, which can get tiring Can be really difficult to get things done across more than one division, as they all have different processes