Booking.com reviews

4.1

80% would recommend to a friend

(7,595 total reviews)
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Glenn Fogel

70% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Booking.com has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 7,595 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Booking.com employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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3.0
Apr 27, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

- Free Lunch (Hot/Cold) - Unlimited coffee/tea - Bonus - Premium Pay - Shift Swap - Multicultural environment - Team Outings - Annual Booking Gift - Freebies every now and then

Cons

Enjoyed working here and good for those who studying or need entry into Customer Service world. Enjoyed dealing with different customers. However too much favouritism. Unless you don't fit into certain ethnic backgrounds hard to get promoted. Also if you attend every Freaky Friday/Social Event you are one of their favourites. Some staff have so much potential to be TL's and work so hard on their personal development even committing themselves out of their usual work schedule and doing more than required however management end up hiring 80% of TL's from outside who have no knowledge of procedures. Too many changes which do not even benefit anyone such a calling the TL line for advice. Most of the time they are not seen at their desk or do not know the answer. Understand they will receive training however when the change was implemented noticed that many TLs would avoid being at their desks or even being seen. Need to stop focusing too much on statistics to measure ones performance. Just because one agent has near zero finalize does not make them better than another. Remember the Finalize Code is still productive (when used wisely). Also management too much on adherence. One cannot help going on break 2 minutes later than scheduled due to a lengthy call than can go on for more than 20 minutes. Not very professional to be told to inform the customer they will be called back. This comes from a Team Leader. All CSMs are of white origin. Management think a few sweets here and there and spin on the wheel will keep employees motivated. 10 minute Personal Time should be reviewed. Some TLs should be investigated for corporate bullying.

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Booking.com Response
7y
Thanks for taking the time to share your feedback with us. We're taking this into account and working to make the right changes for everyone. It’s important to have the backing of your managers and that you feel you’re being evaluated fairly. We’re actively taking steps to help managers and team leaders understand how to best work with you. We’re also introducing new work policies that will help everyone understand how we measure team performance. As our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we offer equal opportunities for everyone. At the same time, we are very sensitive to reflect our incredible diversity in our management group. Our new hires for Customer Service Manager in London reflect this commitment. It’s important to us that everyone feels included here. Corporate bullying and favouritism are opposite to our values. Please help us put an end to that by reporting those instances to your former HR Business Partner directly or contacting our 24-hour ethics & compliance helpline, where your call is completely confidential. Many thanks, The People Team at Booking.com
2.0
Apr 23, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Many nice people work here, partnership with LinkedIn e-learning

Cons

People are treated like kids, system is terrible, work 7-days straight every two weeks, website tries to fool customers, people are fired for apparent no reason, there is a fear in the air in the office, compliance on the phone is strict, while in the website is okay.

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Booking.com Response
8y
Hi thanks for your feedback although I am disappointed with your rating and what you have to say, feedback is always welcome. In fact hopefully you will be aware that the management team in Barcelona have been holding focus groups with all colleagues over the last couple of weeks. Also our new Head of People for Customer Service was also Out there last week and spent time talking and listening to colleagues. I'm also sure you will have heard that we have stopped the 7-day working pattern in response to feedback so there is a real example of listening in action. I hope you see more things that would improve your opinion over the coming weeks - Ryan
1.0
Mar 29, 2018

Custumer Service

Recommend
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Pros

Nice office, good spirit colleagues and nice work tools The company offer also a lot of new infos in the system. However you will not find time to follow up with all these newsletters in this system because you don’t have enough time available inside work.

Cons

I don’t think the company wants to give opportunity to new hires. They expect them to be dynamic on a system that no ones it’s familiar with (unfortunately even after 4 weeks training). It’s hard to Mach the company expectations and lots of negative feedbacks. Even on your last day of training and passing all the tests the company can still decide if you are a good fit or not, so “pass” the training is not the last step for you get hired even if you try to do your best.

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