Booking.com reviews

4.1

80% would recommend to a friend

(7,584 total reviews)
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Glenn Fogel

71% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Booking.com has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 7,584 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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8K reviews
3.0
Oct 19, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Excellent Benefits, free lunch, great people, friendly approach. The quality role gives you an opportunity to coach others, getting to know several different people and growing your experience whilst doing so. The role gives a good level of autonomy when managing workload. You get the opportunity to join and manage different projects towards your own and your colleagues development. It's a fair place to be working in for some time

Cons

The job itself changed dramatically within the last year, being now focused on evaluating hundreds of calls every month, in which recurring issues are rarely addressed when solicited. Quality Executive performance is measured in a (quote) "Holistic" way, there is little to no objectiveness as to what is not meeting, meeting or exceeding expectations. The sickness policy of the company can have you receive a verbal warning for feeling ill as little as three separate days within a 12 months rolling period. Lateness is also counted towards sickness instances, needless to say these have nothing to do with each other. Discretion of the Team Leader applies when interpreting this policy, resulting in some employees being held up to completely different standards than others. Whilst Customer Service Agents are micro-managed to a ridiculous extent, management has little to no control whatsoever. I have been working to support different team leaders in different teams. I have seen very significant cases of management not acting in a professional manner and reported some, nothing tangible has ever been done. On the contrary, on a couple of cases promotions were given within a month of reporting. Almost all internal positions given within the last 12 month have been temporary roles. Those who apply for positions have to go though extensive interview and preparations processes, for positions on contracts that last at times three months. When approaching the end of the contractual period, the employee is told if they will be getting an extension or be returned to their old role. Thanks to this process the company can save an amount in pay, and keep all temporary employees on edge, having them fear for their future and work twice as hard.

1.0
Mar 15, 2017

DO NOT WORK HERE!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

DO NOT WORK HERE!

Cons

This place is toxic, very passive aggressive political work environment, poor leadership, too much gossiping, no growth within the company unless you move to Amsterdam HQ, unprofessional co-workers/team leads/managers!

1.0
Mar 15, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There are still some talented, intelligent, passionate people stuck here. I have met some of my best friends at this company. You get to travel to Europe once a year for the company holiday party. Can get you a WAY better job in the future, I would use this as a stepping stone to another company and nothing else!

Cons

So... I waited 2 years to write this review thinking that after a while I would be less angry and write a more neutral review of the company that I spent about 2 years with. However, the bad feelings are still so strong that I know I will be writing a very negative review of this company! Mainly, because NOTHING has changed! You guys really need to start reading these reviews and taking them seriously or the talented people that you keep tricking into working here won't be around to trick anymore! If you think you can get promoted and advance in your career here, think again! Unless, of course, you are best buds with upper management and get invited to family brunch on Sundays (that's right family). Meaning if you are not related to and/or at least the same ethnicity of management you will not get promoted. If you find yourself in the same boat I was in, e.g. not either of these things you better be prepared to brown nose. This company is ALL about quantity! Get more hotels on the site! That is their chant! Never mind the fact that the market is saturated and all that are left to acquire are small B&Bs and uncommon accommodations (what are these? - basically anything with a bed!). All about the almighty dollar, huh Booking? Speaking of dollars, you will make enough money to barely pay rent and you will stress about your bills every month! Thanks Booking! (NOT!)- Oh what's that another trip to Amsterdam where all the employees get deathly ill, sure that will make up for everything.... This company also loves to create new roles, which sounds great until they decide that they no longer need that position and just get rid of it! Oh yeah, that happened! Twice in about a 2 year span. At least when your position no longer exists you get out, but let's say that you are foolish enough to try to stay at this company. Of course, you can apply to a new position, but then you better not expect to make the same amount of money...oh yeah remember when I said that you barely make any money to begin with, well Booking would prefer to lessen your income by at least $10K! If this is not enough information to make you start considering other avenues to start a career, then take a look at the other 90 reviews on here that are all basically saying the same stuff.

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