Micromanaged plus ignorant/incompetent manager - Anonymous employee Tripadvisor Employee Review

1.0
May 4, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Just the free food and office!!! Because the rest is just sales pitch. All other benefits is for the engineers and some other departments.

Cons

Gave 1 star for the free food. I took the job here because of the name TA has and the benefits. I regret my decision so much because the benefits TA offers are only for the engineers and every other department. In my department we are seriously micromanaged and we have the most ignorant manager one can ever have. He doesn't know anything, every time we ask him a question he tells us to ask someone else. He is just sitting there and looking at numbers and gets paid a lot of money. He doesn't know how to talk to people despite all the training TA supposedly offers to their managers. There is no work life balance. I felt so motivated when I started but they easily rub happiness off your face when you find out that everything your recruiter said was mostly a sales pitch. I never felt more unhappy at a company. I drag coming in everyday and honestly I can't wait to leave, this place, better to say my department is giving me depression. I just wish u had applied to a different department, I do not want to wait a year to move elsewhere.

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Tripadvisor Response
10y
Thank you for your comments, although it’s disappointing to read that you’re so unhappy here. We do offer our full health and welfare benefits package to all regular full time employees at TripAdvisor, regardless of their department. You are absolutely correct that having an effective manager is an important part of the work experience. Developing leaders and managers at all levels, and in all departments, continues to be a key priority for us. We continue to invest in enhancing our learning and development programs for employees at all levels. It sounds like you are very unhappy in your department and I encourage you to speak with your HR Business Partner, or with me directly, so that we can address your concerns. Beth Grous Chief People Officer

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