Respect yourself, don't apply for the London office - Customer Service Booking.com Employee Review

2.0
15 Mar 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Free lunch Good location Easy transport Some employees are really nice (good friendships)

Cons

I have heard that agents on the night shift secretly bring drugs into the office or get high just before the shift start Some team leaders under investigation for sexual harassment Team leaders and certain senior managers getting too drunk at the freaky fridays and are basically embarrassing themselves in front of their own agents Some senior managers are either socially awkward (totally not fit to do a people management job) or they think they are the captain of the army by terrorising their team leaders. I have overheard team leaders talk in the kitchen on how stressed and unsatisfied they are. Unrealistic targets. I think that team leaders and senior managers should do a full week of "taking customer calls" to finally understand how ridiculous their targets are. Sometimes team leaders are expected to help their agents by handling customer emails during busy seasons, but team leaders avoid it because they think it's beneath them. The system that collects performance data is often down or shows wrong data. It makes no sense that the company expects agents to reach their targets if the systems are unreliable. Walking into the office is like you're walking into a bad Latin drama show. There is so much gossip going on. Even when you mind your own business and just do your job, you're still victim of random gossip. I could go on and on....

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Booking.com Response
8y
We take reviews like yours very seriously, so thank you very much for bringing your concerns to our attention. We have a zero-tolerance policy on the illegal behaviour that you mention, so we would appreciate it if you would email our Head of People or any HR Business Partner with more details if you have them in order for us to investigate further and take action if required. We’re concerned to hear about your experiences with inappropriate behavior in particular. We want to investigate this further as it does not align to our core values. If serious situations like this occur, we encourage employees to connect with their HR Business Partner or our Head of People directly, so if there is any wrongdoing we can address these problems quickly and take direct action. Please do get in contact with us if you have more information. As you know we operate a non-retailiation policy to anything reported to us and will treat any information confidentially. We want all our team members to belong to a welcoming and productive environment, and everyone should expect to feel safe at Booking.com. You can also always call our 24 hour confidential Compliance Hotline any time you or your colleagues spot anything that is against our policy. At Booking.com, we want everyone to do their best work, and that means every individual needs to feel supported, so we're also sorry to hear that you have had challenges with the targets. We appreciate that you’ve shared helpful advice for management. Thanks again for bringing these points up and helping us improve as an employer. Many thanks, The People Team at Booking.com

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