Expedia Group reviews

Every company has organizations that run counter to the cultural norm. Local Expert is one of those groups inside Expedia. The desire to win has created a culture where the ends justify the means. Employees are publically shamed and belittled in an effort to create urgency. Work is micromanaged and second guessed while communication is poor and decisions are made with little transparency. Ideas that do not fit with leadership’s preconceived assumptions are devalued. Performance goals are often based on opinion rather than data and are subject to change making it difficult to measure your accomplishments. The result of this environment is widespread mistrust, a lack of loyalty to the organization and an unwillingness to try new things or take risks to avoid negative consequences. Career development is rarely discussed and employees are given little support when seeking new opportunities. If you really want to work at Expedia (because overall it’s a great company) and Local Expert is your foot in the door then have a thick skin, understand the environment you are joining and take every opportunity to network with colleagues in other groups which are more aligned to the overall corporate culture.

Lot's of first time managers and program managers. A culture of allowing these new managers to run amok. These new managers run the spectrum from retaliators to those who duck and cover using their team as human shields. Directors are disrespected and undermined by these middle managers and Dara and his "A" team seem to be oblivious to it. The senior management for Networking, datacenter and the PMO has cycled out about every three years. The Priceline group has eaten Expedia's lunch everywhere except in the U.S. and seems like Expedia's international teams are treated like redheaded stepchildren. Their projects and initiatives constantly get bumped and deprioritized in favor of state side stuff. I would have thought now is the time to challenge priceline and booking for international dominance. The engineers are ridden mercilessly by command and control program managers. Shouting matches and finger pointing are common. Program Managers have no issue pushing these guys under a bus even though they regularly pull 60 hour weeks to meet a deadline the PM pulled out of their... hat. The PMO encouraged PM's to contradict/challenge the SME's on the technical details of the solution as if they know better than the engineers. The PMO is a mess. Good senior management but completely ineffective program managers and managers of PM's who believe the only way to run a project is via command and control. Not the most effective launch of a PMO.