Sad State of Affairs at a Once Great Place to Work - Sales Tripadvisor Employee Review

2.0
Jul 1, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits, perks, generous severance packages

Cons

I loved working at Tripadvisor until the last 1.5 years. After a major reorg that should have been positive, everything took a turn for the worse. Almost all new hires came from Conde Nast, bringing with them an immediate negative impact on culture. It quickly became an "Us" versus "Them" environment; you were either in the clique or you weren't. Long time talented employees who were successful in their roles were pushed aside or out all together. The company also quietly laid off over 200 people in February due to it's own business mismanagement. Then weeks later COVID-19 hits, another 900 people are let go, and the PR machine was in full effect blaming it on the pandemic alone. It's sad to see what the place has become. The downward spiral appears to continue. I hope they can right the ship for the sake of the employees left behind and for what was once a most beloved brand, but it might be too far gone.

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Tripadvisor Response
5y
Thank you for taking the time to share your viewpoint with us. It certainly was a big year of change for our sales business last year. We deliberately brought in some people from outside the travel industry to introduce new ways of thinking and operating, and to build out a new channel to market. We could have done some things better, as is always the case with big changes, but we have worked hard to address any issues with this change process, and keep building a high performance but supportive culture right across the sales team (and the whole business). And in March we ran focus groups with the teams in our NY office to ask our employees how we are doing after all the changes last year, and their feedback was overwhelmingly positive. We won't stop working to make it better, but we are being told we’re in a good place. And you are right, we did make some structural changes to the business in February 2020 which impacted people and their roles, but we believed it was necessary. We had to make some really tough decisions about how we managed through 2020. Steve still runs this business, and is as dedicated as ever to making this a great place to work, and looking after our employees who are engaged and want to work here. We are listening to our employees still with us, through exit surveys, and social media sites like this. Your comments are disappointing to hear, but we need to learn from everything we can from feedback, positive or constructive. We are confident that we have a CEO who continues to be passionate about this business, and who will lead Tripadvisor through the next 20 years of growth and positive change.

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