Booking.com reviews

4.1

80% would recommend to a friend

(7,594 total reviews)
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Glenn Fogel

70% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Booking.com has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 7,594 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Booking.com employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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8K reviews
2.0
Jun 16, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

As far as call center jobs go, it's not a bad place to be. Solely because you get to work with some of the coolest people from all across the world with different backgrounds. If you're a sociable person, you'll suddenly have hundreds of new friends. This, however, is a slowly deteriorating feature; as many good people have uprooted and left since Brexit, with the new recruits really scraping the bottom of the barrel.

Cons

Here's the full anecdote: throughout your training process, you're led to believe that you matter. It's only after a few months in that you begin to wake up from the hypnotic state and realize that your job is to defend immoral policies of a corrupt industry and the company that fuels this injustice. The very fabric of the infrastructure is set up so that they are prepared to expel your crushed soul and replace them with another naive one. It won't take very long for you to realize that the whole of the company looks down on you, and that non of the backend departments care about the real end-user experience, and anyone whose job isn't being jeopardized by the lack of whatever it is that you're trying to accomplish will care nor contribute towards your accomplishment of that goal. Prepare yourself if you're being hired pre-peak, as you'll be witness the mass layoffs in the autumn seasons just before the end of peak party. If you manage to make it past peak, you'll see that the cheerful glee from the faces of those you were in gradbay with will have been wiped out. These always come in stages without a single exception. Do not expect miraculous promotions if you don't already have the qualifications required for more commercial roles. There are plenty of mainland Europeans with a masters or above, just in the call center to get a foot in the door. This is not one of those companies that'll provide the funds and training in exchange for your dedication and hard work. Don't underestimate the complexity of the role compared to the other call center jobs. Other call centers design their policies to avoid complaints wherever they can - this one is designed to sustain other priorities. Staff retention is an issue for a reason.

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Booking.com Response
8y
Hi, wow that's quite a review! I completely agree that one of the most amazing things about our business is the amazing people you get to work with. I completely disagree with pretty much everything else you have to say. We are doing our very best to improve our customer experience and raise service standards across the industry. There are loads of opportunities for progression, 100s of people are promoted every year, in the last 3 months alone there have been 94 internal promotions across customer service but of course if you don't have the relevant qualifications or experience that probably won't happen but that's no different from anywhere else. We certainly don't want to expel anyone's "crushed soul" and if you genuinely feel that way I would recommend that you seriously consider your career going forward. Thanks again Ryan
2.0
May 9, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Great facilities Good location Decent pay, although I understand for some this wasn't the case Most management were good Nice HR and people teams Good communication

Cons

Bad managers are very bad - there were a few higher ups who were extremely unprofessional. There was a spate of bullying which I both saw first hand and was briefly a target of myself. On top of this there were some very worrying instances of what I can only describe as sexual harassment and managers in relationships with their subordinates, mostly in the form of affairs. When this was raised by both myself and others it was claimed that these staff were "top performers". Hit and miss career paths - I felt there were opportunities to develop and progress through the business, however it was down to your manager somewhat whether you'd get the time to pursue this, not ideal in my case. Also there were as above staff in relationships with their managers getting a step-up which lead to disgruntlement.

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Booking.com Response
8y
Hi and thanks for your review, although I am clearly concerned about some of the things you have said. You say that most managers are good but then describe some specific concerns. I can assure you that whether a colleague is a "top performer" or not makes no difference to our approach if issues exist and I am concerned if anyone has said that to you. Perhaps you could get in touch with me to talk through the concerns you have. Kind regards Ryan
1.0
Mar 8, 2018

Total chaos

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Pros

None that make it worth working there. Everybody leaves after a bit when they realise that people that work there don’t have any work ethic and do not care about working propery and doing a good job, things are done with the least effort eve if the outcome is mediocre.

Cons

Total chaos in HQ, high discrimination, promotions given by favouritisms, no meritocracy, hardly any diversity, no long-term strategy. High uncompliance from senior management and leadership roles, high sexism, arrogance, no teamwork between departments and teams, inexisting work etich and values. Unprepared and inexperienced people put in department director positions, who keep hiring friends instead of skilled people. Very low salaries if you were hired before 2017. Still think like a start-up even if it is a global company with over 16,000 employees, hence it is still very badly organized.

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