Pros
Flexible working conditions, travel, opportunity to learn from talented colleagues
Cons
Matrix structure means if you have a poor line manager can be restrictive. HR are useless and nobody wants to rock the boat. There is little management training and managers aren't accountable as managers. To become or be promoted into a position managing people there is seemingly no requirement for management skills or experience. If you have a good manager the experience can be different. Big company can mean ridgity. Expedia prides itself on moving fast, but my experience was that a lot of important stuff never got down due to ever growing pipelines and changing priorities There's a lot of work being done by people trying to prove their worth and get noticed rather than what's actually going to drive the business. Data is at the heart of everything, which is a good thing to an extent, so long as the data can be relied on.
