Rapidly going downhill; avoid. - Full Stack Developer Booking.com Employee Review

2.0
Sep 20, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Work life balance is great. Offices are beautiful. Some really great people work here.

Cons

Rapidly removing benefits, and being sneaky with it - using political weasel words to excuse removing them; and stating they'll come back bigger and better. But they don't. Clique based promotion system; the company desperately states "no show ponies. only work horses" - whilst promoting show ponies and ignoring work horses. Leadership team who literally laugh off any suggestions for improvement or causes for concern. Horrendous tech stack; lack of testing/responsibilities and a poor management structure. Really bad sense of job satisfaction from most of the colleagues I talk to. All in all, a great company rapidly heading in the wrong direction.

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5.0
May 30, 2026
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Pros

Great, definitely recommend if looking for start up

Cons

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Booking.com Response
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Hi, thank you for the wonderful feedback! We're so glad to hear that Booking.com has been a great fit for someone with a startup mindset. Our culture of experimentation and innovation is something we're really proud of, and it's great to know it resonates. We hope you continue to thrive here! The Booking.com team
4.0
Jul 7, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

People are great, I have created amazing connections and friendships along the way. Fun work environment we work hard but are able to play harder. Global reach, often connecting with people around the world.

Cons

Not much mobility and constant change. Hard to be stable in that kind of environment. Many times the plan is not fully complete before expecting execution and very siloed creating duplication of effort and work.

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