Avoid at all costs - Human Resources Director Expedia Group Employee Review

1.0
16 Sept 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Global presence, decent comp and offices depending on where you are based.

Cons

EG is not a company but a lifestyle. Don’t expect a work life balance. The culture can only be described as toxic. Competency levels across the board are lower than seen on other companies - ie directors are more like managers with no decision making authority. There’s a lot of revolving door hiring and firing to meet immediate ‘perceived’ needs with no consideration of you as an individual, your career or even the longer strategy of the company. Not an inclusive environment- your judged very quickly and bullying is rampant. Restructures occur every 2-3 months. Leadership is typically highly tenured inexperienced, insecure and lacking any charisma. They believe you are there to serve them at all costs. Those below them are under constant strain of being fired. As a result self advocacy rears its ugly head in every meeting. It’s embarrassing to witness grown adults whittle down to insecure children. But that’s what this company will do to you. They will make you question your own sanity given how much incompetence and toxicity exists.

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5.0
8 June 2026
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Pros

Good leadership and culture, good WLB

Cons

Large organization means structured, slow moving processes

2.0
29 Mar 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Constant state of transformation is ripe environment for new hires and functional experts from big name tech companies

Cons

Pre-covid the culture was really special. Collaborative, engaging, people-centric, with a unifying mission to enable travel for the world. Since covid there has been a revolving door of executive leadership, and with each round, they throw out the current strategy to try something "new" without building from the current or past successes. Constant change, but no clear vision or strategy of what they are trying to change to. Lack of strategy and low risk tolerance leads to too many priorities with not enough investment to move the needle in anything. Quarterly layoffs, but executed quietly team by team so as not to make news. No psychological safety. Talent strategy since covid is to hire externally over internal promotions to gain "functional expertise" therefore difficult to grow your career. Siloed divisions not working towards common goal. Lacks operating model maturity needed for a company of this size likely do to revolving door of execs and priorities. A cash cow company with an identity crisis trying to be an AI innovator. Build vs buy mentality slows them down. Too many exec pet projects that aren't vetted with proper business cases.

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