Pros
Fitness reimbursement, commuter benefit, HRA/HSA health insurance. Annual HQ conference in Amsterdam after 1 year of service, contingent on manager's approval.
Cons
• High degree of favoritism within a team, excessive office politics between teams, and HR has zero confidentiality • Management lacks transparency & constantly changes direction while hiding behind the pretense "Booking loves A/B testing: fail fast, fail often" • Pay is below market rate and other benefits (e.g. travel credit) are heavily taxed • Management sets ambiguous KPI and cannot commit nor provide the metrics used for performance review (how can employees meet/exceed expectation without knowing the benchmarks) • Bonus is "discretionary" - meaning management will find excuses to prevent full payout even if employees exceed target • Work flexibility (start/end time, ability to work from home, duration of breaks) depends on personal relationship with the manager, not business needs • Employees are often on PIP with little time to demonstrate improvement before they are terminated
