TourRadar Reviews

4.2

86% would recommend to a friend

(100 total reviews)
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Travis Pittman

79% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

TourRadar has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 100 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The TourRadar employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Hotel and travel accommodation industry (3.6 stars).

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100 reviews
1.0
28 Sept 2022

AVOID at all cost! Inexperienced CEOs and upper management.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Location - Free food - Dogs in the office Bare in mind that all this comes with a price that a Start-up like this can not really afford. It's just all pretend.

Cons

- Bad leadership: They are so inexperienced it's laughable. They have no clue how to run a business, how to lead a team, they have no strategy, no brain. They just know how to play ping pong and drink beer and look the part. - They show the ticker and then shout at everyone for doing badly with no strategy on what to do going forward - Clique teams. - Bad culture - High turnover - Really low pay - Overloaded with work - Work around the clock - Many staff have anxiety and other mental health issues from working here - No support - A lot of people are stressed - Manipulative upper management. Childish in their leadership. Power goes to their heads. - So many lay-offs. Travis will just make a call, tell everyone they are laid-off and then switch off his screen and leave everyone sitting there on the call. They layoff people they like and keep their drinking buddies - If you don't drink with the leadership then you aren't one of them - No transparency - You get humiliated and shouted at in front of everyone - Management will not take any responsibility. They will blame the staff for losses - Hire people that have little understanding of what they are responsible for - Praise all the people that are lazy

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TourRadar Response
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Hi there We realize it's been almost a year since you shared this review and it may feel “out of the blue” to hear from us after such a long time. We've only recently begun responding to Glassdoor reviews, but we wanted to ensure yours was addressed. Reading your review, it's clear that certain negative experiences left a deep impact on your perception of your time at TourRadar. This saddens us a lot, as we have been working very intentionally to create an environment where our people feel like they’re valued and heard. Indeed, the period between 2020 and your departure was a challenging time, not only for TourRadar but for the entire travel industry. The decisions we made were difficult, particularly letting people go. We think if you had a candid conversation with our leadership team today, they would be the first ones to acknowledge some missteps, but we also walked away with a lot of important learnings. In the time since, we have sought to improve by fostering a culture not just of transparency, but being brave enough to also show vulnerability and take shared accountability. Our current strategy, structured around five key pillars and three horizons, is deeply intertwined with the individual contributions of our team members. This has helped us build a more cohesive environment and a shared mission, which we regret you didn't get to experience. Your review highlighted aspects of office culture that sound toxic, however, they don't align with the environment we've been nurturing over the past years and what most of our employees have to say about their time with us. We regret that our efforts might seem to you as "too little too late". If you are open to a dialogue about the points you raised, we warmly welcome you to reach out to us directly. We understand if you consider this chapter closed and wish to move on. But we would be remiss if we didn't acknowledge the valuable time you invested in TourRadar and express our regret that your experience did not match your expectations. We genuinely hope that you carry with you some positive memories of the people behind our product. Despite the difficulties, we believe everyone here joins with the intent to create something extraordinary. We hope that in retrospect, you can recall moments of camaraderie and shared success with your colleagues. In closing, we appreciate your frankness, your time, and your contribution to TourRadar. We wish you nothing but the best in your future journeys and hope your paths lead you to wonderful destinations. Best wishes, The People Team
2.0
15 May 2018
Recommend
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Pros

> Relaxed work environment, for example you can wear shirts, jeans, shorts and sandals. > Work outings are frequent and a good chance to mingle, you work with like-minded travel lovers which is always a plus. > In the beginning you are very supported and you will learn the ropes very quickly. After that, everything is you learn is a grey area and there are not alway clear processes. This can be an exciting and dynamic part of the job, however this is an area that is open to mistakes by the whole team and mistakes are made by everyone consistently as there are no clear guidelines. > By working for a start-up you feel like you are apart of something really special. In the beginning you feel like you are a valuable contributor to the business because it is small and you are able to talk to the finance team and business development team. > The workers are lovely and very supportive of one another. However, management has not been changed as frequently as their lower staff have and there is a really HIGH TURNOVER RATE.

Cons

> As the company has grown rapidly they have struggled to provide leadership for their staff and manage the sheer volume of their customers. > It is top heavy, meaning the CEO and CFO will be checking what you are doing, swearing in meetings and showing their frustration to the team – very unprofessional. > The customer support team are often blamed for not meeting sales targets. This is problematic because TourRadar claims they are NOT a travel agent, rather they are a booking agent. However, they treat their staff like travel agents. > The website is always having technical problems, the job is less about closing a sale and more about solving problems. This can be fulfilling if you are a problem solver like myself, however management do not understand the extensiveness of the problem - and how this HUGELY impacts sales for their customers > The Australian customer support team is always looked down on and attacked/blamed for issues by the head office in Vienna. As a consequence, the Australian team is the youngest and least experienced with the highest turnover rate. I believe the team is incredibly hard-working and is not given enough credit for their dedication to the start-up company. > Overtime is expected and necessary in order to do a good job. > If you are unable to attend all of the frequent team outings you are looked upon as someone who is unhappy or not joining in on the work culture, thus your head is closer to the axing block.

1.0
1 Dec 2018

Fake reviews by staff, unprofessional managers

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Some good people to work with, although Weird vibes, not many staff have a backbone. CTO is the best leader at the company by far. Good location.

Cons

inexperienced managers for some departments, ceo creates workplace feels like a cult, some staff reported being afraid due to there anger issues, drinking is part of worklife, internal politics, questionable behavior by staff, managers play favorites, low pay, staff steal other ppls work and take credit for it, staff are asked to post fake reviews on here and other sites to make things look better than they are. Lots of workplace lies aimed at character assasination of fellow colleagues, and ppl actually fall for it. Maybe the most unprofessional workplace environment ive ever set foot in.

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