Is Booking.com a good company to work for as a Software Developer?

Software Developer professionals working at Booking.com have rated their employer with 3.7 out of 5 stars in 260 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Booking.com employees being 4.0 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Developer Jobs at Booking.com now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Developer interview questions at Booking.com .

Does Booking.com pay Software Developer employees well?

Software Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Booking.com with 4.2 out of 5 stars based on 260 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is equal to the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Developer salaries at Booking.com.

How happy are Software Developer professionals working at Booking.com?

74% of Software Developer employees at Booking.com would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 11% in the past 12 months. Software Developer professionals have also rated Booking.com with a 4.4 rating for work-life-balance, 4.2 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.7 rating for culture and values and 3.0 rating for career opportunities.

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What are the pros of working at Booking.com according to real employee reviews?

"Benefits (apart from pay) are also good and the company is putting a lot of effort into improving managers' skillset." ((in 610 reviews)); "The recruiter of this company should be praised since I meet so many great people at work" ((in 579 reviews)); "Great colleagues and a company that strives to keep the satisfaction of employees" ((in 540 reviews)); "Great culture and values which are part of the company's actions and not just words." ((in 522 reviews)); "Very good salary compared to Dutch companies (and Europe in general specially if you qualify for 30%)" ((in 368 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Booking.com according to real employee reviews?

"The HR people don't do heir work; the management is poor and thinking of retirement." ((in 471 reviews)); "Bad managers are very bad" ((in 256 reviews)); "Lack of company vision and poor leadership" ((in 104 reviews)); "No career progression at all" ((in 72 reviews)); "Too much favoritism and a lot of people running stuff didn’t know what they were doing" ((in 62 reviews))

Booking.com Software Developer reviews

3.7

74% would recommend to a friend

(260 total reviews)

Glenn Fogel

45% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

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Software Developer employees have rated Booking.com with 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 260 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Booking.com is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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260 reviews

4.0

Sep 19, 2018

Great company with ups and downs

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Multi-cultural environment - It's depends on the team and team-lead, but mostly everyone is friendly and people are treated with respect - If you struggling with your task you can get support. - Great teamwork

Cons

- If you get sick you will need to call your manager until 10 o'clock in the morning. Afterwards you will have degrading return to work interview. - Culture, fairness, working environment, working from home allowance and stress level - will vary strong from team to team and manager to manager.

Booking.com Response

7y

Hi and thanks for your feedback. There is a fundamental truth in your feedback that applies to any business, in that a colleague's experience of a company is really dependant on their manager. I'm sure like every business we have managers at all levels of the awesomeness scale. We are working hard to make sure that every manager has the skills and support they need to be awesome. We have recently launched our award winning Leadership Behaviour Framework, that will help us build and improve the management and leadership skills across BookingGo as a whole. Having said that, it sounds like you have a very specific issue around your return to work. I would encourage you to discuss this with a member of the People Team or drop me a line. I'd love to hear about it. Thanks Ryan

1.0

Sep 17, 2018

You will stop calling yourself a software developer

Software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Office is in Amsterdam It was a good company once.

Cons

Favoritism Promotion process is broken Non tech company Cost cutting Outdated tech stack Weird concept of team lead Non technical leadership Manual Deployment Open culture is a myth(Get ready for retaliation) Expect things like super strict work timings, 8 hours excluding lunch hours mostly micro management from middle management is driving this place to the ground.

4.0

Sep 10, 2018

Engineering at BookingGo

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* Amazing work culture - Everyone is friendly, relaxed and flexible. I felt welcome from the start and empowered to make a difference. * Good personal development opportunities - Conferences and training courses funded + 1 day per month learning time to spend at your discretion. * Always adapting to the team - Whenever teams change, ways of working can be assessed and updated to best suit each member, or more frequently in retros if required. * Nice offices * Great pension contributions

Cons

* Average salary * Average perks

Booking.com Response

7y

Hi and thanks for your review and rating it really is appreciated. I really appreciate the pros that you highlight as I think they highlight what makes BookingGo special. I'm particularly pleased that you feel this way with more than 3 years Service as you will have seen a lot of change in that time. With regards to salaries and Perks this is always a difficult area as I'm sure we would all want higher pay and better benefits. We do actually benchmark engineering salaries twice a year, both across the Manchester geography and more widely as we attract colleagues from across the world. I hope that in the 3 years+ you have been with us you will recognise the huge improvements we have made in this area and I can assure you that we will continue to look for ways to enhance our terms and conditions. Thanks again Ryan

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