Not worth the stress for too long: about quantity not quality - Anonymous employee Booking.com Employee Review

3.0
6 Sept 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

* Free lunch, bonuses, occasional financial gift annually, memorabilia, flexible shift swaps, team outings, summer party, nice looking/located office, your own computer equipment (eg; headset), some projects/focus groups to be involved in and good skills developed along the way. *You meet some great people here and gain exposure to different cultures and how to relate with different kinds of people. *Unsocial hour pay & overtime availability during busy times = more £

Cons

* Favouritism, limited opportunities, freaky Friday does not cater to all. Management can be disingenuous + act like spies: lack of trust. * Everything is timed and monitored (but guess that's the only way it will work because of schedules) * Conflicting advise of what to do when you want to progress: being overly friendly with management get some people favours and little 'awards. * Patronised and advised to flirt on the phone for good CSAT scores by 1 or 2 TLs. * Too many changes and high expectations of quick adaptability which is not always possible immediately. Schedules change so many times a day which is quite off-putting = makes you robotic and quite tiresome. * In CS you're just a number, they don't mind if successful and strong people leave because they can't offer you much else in the role/office. * Company: difficult to defend the ethos of the company, HR and other staff do not manage your expectations but they expect you to do so for the guest/partner.

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Cons

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Booking.com Response
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Hi, thank you for the wonderful feedback! We're so glad to hear that Booking.com has been a great fit for someone with a startup mindset. Our culture of experimentation and innovation is something we're really proud of, and it's great to know it resonates. We hope you continue to thrive here! The Booking.com team
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Pros

The team had a fun environment.

Cons

You have to deal with tough customers.

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