Executives at Expedia have launched a campaign to "hire more female leaders", but they continue to fail to see that female leaders already exist in the company. Over the last 5 months the emails touting promotions of over 25 males only listed 1 female. I personally know at least a dozen women who have outperformed several of the promoted men and go unrecognized. Look at the number of female C level, VP's and Sr. Directors in the IT organization - it is a fact that Expedia discriminates.
From what I've seen in the years I have been there, men get promoted based on the buddy system and not necessarily performance. Women are looked over time and time again. As a female, if you'd like to work here, just realize you can only rise to a certain level as you will be working for a company who will never see you as a leader no matter what you accomplish nor recognize your worth. I worked for many years at Boeing where I though chauvinism couldn't get any worse. While there as a software engineer, I was asked to make copies for the male dominated group and even go get donuts and coffee for meetings. Well, Expedia beats Boeing times 100 easily. At Expedia, we've had 5 offsite meeting in the group I am in over the past 2 years. Each time one of the 4 women (out of 20 men) are asked to bring the paper, charts, pens, sticky notes and make the room reservations. We are all equals or even more senior to some of the men that attend. None of the men have ever been asked to help organize an offsite.
