Tripadvisor reviews

3.5

50% would recommend to a friend

(1,370 total reviews)
avatar

Matt Goldberg

24% approve of CEO

20% positive business outlook

Tripadvisor has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,370 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Tripadvisor employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.6 stars).

Reviews by job title

1K reviews
4.0
Jan 7, 2015

A good Place to start

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits and a strong salary even for entry level positions. The free lunch 3-4 times a week is good plus the unlimited snacks and drinks. A nitpick here is that they tend to restock the drinks nobody likes and cycle out the ones that I like and are gone. Developing is fast paced and changes can be shown to others very quickly after completion. This is a full stack development which allows for all engineers make their own design decisions for the implementation. There is good communication with the product managers which allows the engineer to give a fair amount of input. The people at the company are awesome. The culture tends to be laid back in the teams and the environment promotes asking other engineers for help on difficult sections. There are a bunch of training classes for spoken languages and other trainings. However they are not easily accessible or I never felt that they were easy to seek out. It would be better if fewer were offered at a time and have a visible place to access and sign up. There is some support for this but it could be better. There are plenty of things to do at the office, including video games, board games and a foosball table. But aside from the foosball table, these get rarely used if at all.

Cons

Mobility within the company is difficult. In order to switch teams or offices you need to be excellent at your current position. The culture for this is one of blame. Bugs you introduce are tracked and remembered indefinitely. These all detract from the excellent rating. This is a serious problem, if you are placed on a product that doesn't interest you, it is difficult to excel and switch to another part. Work life balance is not the greatest. Engineers are advised that 40 hours is the minimum, and working beyond that is a good way to show their exceptional work. The code base is not in the best state. Code is often copied and pasted which leads to errors or outdated code permeating the entire website. Encapsulation is not very well achieved because of this. Similarily the opposite can occur, where several different ways of doing the same thing are implemented as part of different projects which introduces inconsistencies. Code is rarely cleaned up, however there seems to be a push to do more cleanup projects.

1.0
Oct 27, 2014

Flipkey Where Souls go to Die

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Everyone is very skilled, most employees are nice, and the company is not in danger of going under.

Cons

The Flipkey culture is one of the worst in the industry. There are perks, but most are just for show. Management is at best incompetent from the CTO on down, and some of the older senior employees think workplace harassment is the norm.

1.0
Apr 9, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Beer and ping pong but that's about it. Any company you work for these days will have both, don't worry.

Cons

There is no transparency, and absolutely no room for growth. Management is nonexistent. There is a glass ceiling above your head at all times boldly preventing you from moving on and upwards. The people who work hard and add value get nothing in return. They take advantage of your work ethic and will use you until you finally decide to go elsewhere.

Viewing 124 - 126 of 1,370 Reviews

Glassdoor has 1,690 Tripadvisor reviews submitted anonymously by Tripadvisor employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if Tripadvisor is right for you.