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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2.0
Jun 18, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Opportunities for growth and moving to different offices. Annual trip to Amsterdam after the first year A lot of vacation time, easy to get time off Great insurance and benefit package. 4-day shifts

Cons

Leadership, starting from site director to managers are completely unprepared to manage different generations and still believe one formula fits all; Many senior leaders lack trust and try to lead results via intimidation; Although the company brag about diversity, diversity is not accepted in the Grand Rapids office. Despite all different cultures, most leadership are white Americans. Anyone that doesn't follow leadership blindly get on their blacklist. There is no appreciation for different ideas. Education is not valued at all. Education is actually feared by small minded "leaders" (task managers). HR department is completely useless. Don't ever think about going there about anything. I've seen people be retaliated openly despite annual campaigns and encouragement to report any issues to the compliance team. I have never seen so many negative people in one place. They gossip and complain about everything and everyone all the time in their breaks. Booking.com should definitely make better hires. Lack of recognition, for anything. No recognition at all for any efforts. Quick to call everyone out in general meetings but almost impossible to recognize anything. Everything going in the wrong direction. I wouldn't be surprise if this whole place closes within 2 years or so.

1.0
Mar 24, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Lunch and location are very good

Cons

Favouritism is the common practice for internal recruitment. Most of the team leaders are incompetent for the role and probably cannot find a better job in thir entire careers. There is lack of leadership skills in management. Trust level in going down fast

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Booking.com Response
7y
Thank you for your feedback. Please know we take your concerns about management seriously and be ensured that we have clear policy on favouritism and strict policy on internal promotion in our code of conduct. Misconduct of these policies are not tolerated and will have consequences. In fact, we’re actively taking steps to make changes that will ensure everyone is always assessed fairly and consistently. We want all our employees to enjoy the same opportunities for growth and development. If you would like to know more about what's being done, or would like to voice your concerns directly, please feel free to contact your regional HR. You can also discuss anything with our confidential 24-hour compliance hotline. There are exciting changes happening at Booking.com. We hope you'll remain to be part of them. The People Team at Booking.com
2.0
Mar 15, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Free lunch Good location Easy transport Some employees are really nice (good friendships)

Cons

I have heard that agents on the night shift secretly bring drugs into the office or get high just before the shift start Some team leaders under investigation for sexual harassment Team leaders and certain senior managers getting too drunk at the freaky fridays and are basically embarrassing themselves in front of their own agents Some senior managers are either socially awkward (totally not fit to do a people management job) or they think they are the captain of the army by terrorising their team leaders. I have overheard team leaders talk in the kitchen on how stressed and unsatisfied they are. Unrealistic targets. I think that team leaders and senior managers should do a full week of "taking customer calls" to finally understand how ridiculous their targets are. Sometimes team leaders are expected to help their agents by handling customer emails during busy seasons, but team leaders avoid it because they think it's beneath them. The system that collects performance data is often down or shows wrong data. It makes no sense that the company expects agents to reach their targets if the systems are unreliable. Walking into the office is like you're walking into a bad Latin drama show. There is so much gossip going on. Even when you mind your own business and just do your job, you're still victim of random gossip. I could go on and on....

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Booking.com Response
8y
We take reviews like yours very seriously, so thank you very much for bringing your concerns to our attention. We have a zero-tolerance policy on the illegal behaviour that you mention, so we would appreciate it if you would email our Head of People or any HR Business Partner with more details if you have them in order for us to investigate further and take action if required. We’re concerned to hear about your experiences with inappropriate behavior in particular. We want to investigate this further as it does not align to our core values. If serious situations like this occur, we encourage employees to connect with their HR Business Partner or our Head of People directly, so if there is any wrongdoing we can address these problems quickly and take direct action. Please do get in contact with us if you have more information. As you know we operate a non-retailiation policy to anything reported to us and will treat any information confidentially. We want all our team members to belong to a welcoming and productive environment, and everyone should expect to feel safe at Booking.com. You can also always call our 24 hour confidential Compliance Hotline any time you or your colleagues spot anything that is against our policy. At Booking.com, we want everyone to do their best work, and that means every individual needs to feel supported, so we're also sorry to hear that you have had challenges with the targets. We appreciate that you’ve shared helpful advice for management. Thanks again for bringing these points up and helping us improve as an employer. Many thanks, The People Team at Booking.com
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