Booking.com reviews

4.1

80% would recommend to a friend

(7,608 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 7,608 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
Jan 25, 2018

Needs improvement and could be phenomenal!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Booking.com really helped me to develop as a person and gain some great experience. I learned quite a bit and am very thankful for that. Great coworkers, nice benefits (commuter stipend, cell phone reimbursement, gym reimbursement, etc), amazing holiday party (BAM). Ability to meet people from all over the world working in different Booking offices. Great office spaces-awesome locations and beautiful. Fun events. Booking says they care about you personal development which is great-but check my point below.

Cons

Limited growth potential-after learning as much as you can, there really isn't much else to gain. LOW salary (very depressing). Managers definitely play favorites. Almost all of the managers I came across should not manage people-they are just managers because they've been at the company a long time. Meetings all the time. Booking says they care about your personal development, but actually don't care. Your managers will speak with you and ask you to improve every quarter. You have to come up with something new every time.

1.0
Dec 14, 2017

Definitely the company to work for, just if you need to pay the bills.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Multi cultural environment - Location

Cons

- Worst management ever ( they act more like bullies than managers ) - Horrible shift patterns, they make your life impossible, work one day until 10 pm and the following day start at 9 am, pointless. - You are just a number, they say they care about you, what a big lie. If you have the number, then you are ok, you don't, then you are fired. - They set irrealistic target, your job gets day by day harder. - horrible internal communication. - Training ( well just forget about this word ). - Everything is about pressure. - Old equipment with most of the PC's monitors that just kills your eyes.

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Booking.com Response
8y
Hiya, thanks for your review, although I am clearly disappointed by how you are feeling about your time with us. The first thing I would say, is that if you would like to discuss any of your concerns with me, I'd be happy to talk this through with you. Drop me an email and we can get in touch. I'm not sure how long ago you worked for us but from the sounds of it, it was some time ago. Otherwise, you'd be aware that we have replaced the vast majority (if not all) the kit / screens in Sunny House. You'd also know about the significant focus on training and development we have placed over the last 6 months and the progress we are making there. If you have concerns about the managers as you describe please do let me know I would genuinely like to understand what you are referring to. Finally, the thing about Glassdoor, is it is not the Management selling the business, it is your former colleagues. From the feedback that they have given they clearly don't agree with all of the points that you have made here but it is their views and thoughts that they post not mine or the management. I also have to point out the similarity of your review to ones we have received on the 12th and 13th Dec. I'm sure I am reading too much and I'm always happy to receive feedback, good or bad we do seem to have had an outbreak of the same rating, same pros, same cons that focus on management, training and "bigging up" the business. I'm sure it's just a coincidence. Thanks again for your feedback, my offer to talk is genuine. I hope you have found a business that you are happy to work in. All the best Ryan
1.0
Dec 12, 2017
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Pros

Multinational environment and mini team's spirit to keep you going

Cons

-the worst ever management -show off to get external attention to hire -slavery tactics to work non-stop -setting unrealistic targets -working on your days offs it is considered as normal and no recognition or even hours back! -NOT a straight talking, different, and having fun at ALL -promotion based on connections esp in HR -freedom of speech and ideas are not welcomed or reviewed even though they are encouraged for the sake of the value advertised outside -too much baffling -internal training or promotion is extremely limited and not encouraged at all -Talent Team exist only for the decorative purposes

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Booking.com Response
8y
Hi and thank you for your review although I am clearly concerned about what you have had to say. If you feel this strongly, I would really encourage you to contact me so that we can discuss this. I am not going to pick up on all of your points, some of which I find quite offensive. Clearly most of your former colleagues who have posted on Glassdoor don't agree. However, I do have to pick up on your comments re the Talent Team. I have no idea what you mean about decorative and clearly you have some issues (again I am happy to discuss) but I do have to point out that this year, they have bought nearly 300 new colleagues into the business, with a similar number in the pipeline next year. I would challenge that being decorative. Thanks again, please do get in touch, I hope to hear from you soon and I wish you well with your future career. Many thanks Ryan
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