Booking.com reviews

4.1

80% would recommend to a friend

(7,614 total reviews)
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Glenn Fogel

71% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Booking.com has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 7,614 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 Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0
Jan 8, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Sometimes they offer free lunches, PTO, overtime

Cons

Management breaks or makes the job and recently management has caused so many people to quit or find other opportunities. I worked there 3 years and had to leave because they hardly offered new shifts. When they did, it always seemed people that sucked up to team leads and management would get morning shifts. Everything changed! When I started it wasn’t stressful and our main goal was to provide great customer service to our guests. Now they are numbers based when this job doesn’t require any sales or retention of guests. They make you worry about your talk time, customer satisfaction, your adherence, hold time, your contacts per hour on phones and email, finalize and then make you track every reservation you worked on. Basically the job is being micro managed and are just money hungry. Booking offered a trip to Amsterdam for conferences but that was cancelled. They are open 365 days, they do not close for any holiday. So chances of you working important holidays are high. I spend my New Years at work when the clock hit 12:00 am, January 1st. Management will stab you in the back especially if they do not like you. I’ve seen it happen to a lot of people. Management is bad, favoritism, stressful, dispensable, they don’t care about you.

1.0
Jun 26, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

It'a big company, has benefits. Part of the colleagues are nice people

Cons

They don't respect their employees, they hire people and don't want to invest time&money and put the employees to do the trainings. The yearly increase of base salary is a joke. Not to discuss the favoritism in the team

2.0
May 3, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Bonuses were very helpful (usually between 8 - 16%) but you'll have to get on your team lead's nice side. The pay is good but in the location (Bellevue, WA), others offer much higher. Spirit days and Fab Fridays were fun but they never offered a variety of food and it can be boring, too. Nothing more special than other companies. Other offices, especially non-customer/accommodation service really like their jobs... they get more benefits and aren't treated like children who need to be constantly watched. The CEO and other executives higher up on the ladder are really nice! Amsterdam trip for almost 25% of the company based on tenure!

Cons

You can't be yourself - be who your manager wants you to be. You have to really suck up to the higher ups or you won't go anywhere. They hire managers/team leads with no experience - assuming because they're very mold-able and don't have a preconceived idea of how to actually treat/manage others. They categorize the workers to focus on some and not the others - if you weren't "chosen" by the almighty ones, you'll probably stay in your position for a good while. Work hard constantly but still no reward (other than bonuses but my bonuses were rarely based on my performance.) They expect you to answer 8 calls in an hour with only 25 seconds between each. If you can do it but don't suck up or fall into their mold, you get a pat on the back or maybe some chocolate and a balloon... other than this "reward" your work goes unnoticed. I was a strong team player and had very good statistics but was constantly told that I wasn't meeting the standard of the TEAM rather than the standard of the goals set by corporate. Managers don't resolve issues, they sweep it under the rug (GO STRAIGHT TO HR WITH ISSUES). Sometimes, HR isnt' helpful though either - they will erase any proof you have of any claim (for example, the HR site may say they offer a benefit but if you ask, they'll take it down and act as if it never existed). Their Values are unclear and leaves management unsure of how to lead. The values don't seem to be important and is definitely doesn't align with the atmosphere of the work place. SOME TEAM LEADS YELL AT YOU IF YOU GET OUT OF YOUR SEAT. It seems they lack respect and an understanding that we are actual adults with actual working brains.

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