Hopper reviews

3.4

41% would recommend to a friend

(433 total reviews)
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Frederic Lalonde

51% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Hopper has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 433 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Hopper employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Hotel & Unterbringung industry (3.6 stars).

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433 reviews
3.0
Mar 30, 2021

It's okay if it suits your interests

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The company is doing great due to some really amazing people working at Hopper. They have poured everything they have into their work, specially given the uncertainty of the industry last year, and despite the demoralizing attitude of the CEO and some of the senior leadership team. There are some great teams with really great managers, but it is like rolling the dice getting to join one of exceptional teams. Flexible remote work policy truly is a great perk and one that is properly implemented.

Cons

Unfortunately there's no transparency at Hopper, and no clear performance framework in place. For previous reviews that mentioned that incompetent people were let go last year, this is truly incorrect, many top performers and hard workers were let go mostly due to their departments not deemed as essential, which is understandable, but no need to lie about their competency to make the company look good. It is also true that not all that were let go were shining stars, but it is troublesome to say that talking about the anxiety one feels after watching their colleagues get fired, or speaking out against burnout after the year everyone has had, equals "creating drama". Pay close attention to employee reviews that mention "this is not a 9 to 5 job" or that "this is a place where you have to set your own boundaries because nobody will for you". This is code for no work-life balance. Sure you can set your own boundaries, but your manager will continue adding to your plate without regard for those boundaries and you will be viewed as someone who is not a team player if you stand up for yourself. Company is having trouble finding and retaining talent due to the work culture, and so you will notice the influx of positive reviews as a tactic to distract from all the negative ones. Everything must be taken with a grain of salt (negative and positive reviews).

1.0
Dec 14, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

The best part about working at Hopper is that it is a remote organization. They advertise that they pay well but good luck having them pay your commission.

Cons

If I could go back in time and not accept this role I would. My manager at Hopper never set clear goals, was constantly changing goal posts in the middle of the quarter, and commission payout would often change after the quarter ended. Everyday I woke up and never knew what to expect from my manager or senior leadership. Senior leaders would say you should be happy to even be here and if you are expecting job stability to see your way out. Managers often would add random side projects to your plate that took up the majority of your day and then they would wonder why you couldn’t hit a weekly goal. Hopper has no town halls - unless they just fired people, and you NEVER hear from your seniors. The leaders at this company are often on LinkedIn talking about how they think they figured out how to create a productive workforce. What they really did was just steal other companies ideas and hide to investors what is really going on behind closed doors. There is also no ERG, HR or any diversity training. Leaders all look the same and there is clearly bias among who gets hired, fired, and promoted. Do not believe me? - look at the company LinkedIn.

3.0
Jul 8, 2019

Well-intentioned mismanagement

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

* Incredibly talented(and fun) coworkers * Flexible time off/ work from home * Flashy company - lots of name recognition in the travel space * Challenging problems to solve

Cons

* First time managers are not equipped to handle their teams, leading to fumbled projects and increased anxiety around what could be easy wins. * The CEO constantly gets too in the weeds on projects and upends steady progress with never ending pipe dreams. He has an aggressive and manic communication style that leads people to move too quickly and create unscalable solutions in order to meet his unrealistic requests. He is a fantastic salesmen and uses his powers to bully people into doing things against their better judgement. * There have been constant reorganizations, leaving talented people stranded. * Bad communication from the top down. Everyone takes a childish and gossip driven approach to communicating company wide announcements. Being "in the know" becomes invaluable currency to navigating the workplace eco-system. * A lot of in-betweeners who were vital at earlier stages start to lose their footing because no one has experience scaling a company successfully.

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