Booking.com Software Developer (Backend) reviews

Lots of Perl. Lots of arguments about Perl Some opinionated people who discourage other people's opinion. Very non-tests culture. They have a specific partner support team, who's suppose to help your partner to settle at Amsterdam, but it's awful and usually the benefits are usually like "Pay a tea 1x week", they're not even allowed to go to the end-of-year party.

- Individualism is discouraged, despite lipservice to the contrary - Quality is a four-letter word - Nobody is permitted to take real ownership--everything you create is considered "public property", and may be disrespected or discarded accordingly - The company is making too much money for its own good. It therefore has no requirement to make good hiring decisions (focuses on numbers of employees rather than quality of employees), vetting ideas, etc. - I markedly and severely became a worse programmer after a year at Booking.com.