A great place for fluff - Computer Programmer Booking.com Employee Review

2.0
Mar 2, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

* People are generally nice and pleasant * Still some enthusiasm from the younger members of staff * Office is in a good location of you're a fan on public transport * Money to burn

Cons

The razzle dazzle used to sell the job doesn't come close to what it actually is. Its something thats sold as a unicorn that poops diamond studded gold bars that taste amazing but its actually closer to Mr Blobby land. * Tech stack drags this place down massively. * Documentation - "dont need that mate, just ask some one" * Fancy meeting rooms - they look pretty but are some of the most uncomfortable and difficult to use rooms going. examples: "new york" and "hover cars" have glass/perspex seating. its uncomfortable to sit on those for an hour. There are cushions though, but they slip around on the shiny surface. "park" - park benches. Those slats hurt. * "we've always done it this way" - leads to 5 year old fudged nonsense running the show * it takes weeeeks to get anything done. * wont use modern stuff * facebook for work - Its gets rammed down your throat. On a side note; who designed the gents toilets ? i'd have to brush past people using the urinals to get to a stall. Honestly not trying to catch a glimpse!

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Booking.com Response
8y
Hiya, thanks for your review although I I think you may have been hanging around with unicorns judging by some of your comments. One of your Pros is money to burn which is absolute cobblers I'd love to know where you think this is the case as whilst we are a fast growing business we are also very profitable (unlike many tech businesses) so your comment is interesting and not what I see. We do have some tech legacy (show me an established tech business that doesn't) but we also have a very clear plan to address it. If you've not seen the CEO or LT, then you obviously couldn't be bothered to turn up to the 1/4ly All colleague updates, or the weekly updates from Ian or the regular tech updates. I'm not sure where you have gone to work but I wish you and Mr Blobby every happiness on cloud cuckoo land. Thanks Ryan

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