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American Excursionist

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Messy, Disorganized but Passionate Work Environment - Anonymous employee American Excursionist Employee Review

2.0
20 May 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- It works as a family, if you're "in" the family - they will take care of you; if you are not, you suffer the risk of being fired for ANYTHING at any point

Cons

- Disorganized work environment where no one really knows what to do - Little to no leadership; if there is leadership it's led by two very different opinions - Management really needs to create a company culture and standard operating procedures - Company has been alive for 10 years and it still feels like you're working for a start up - Promised a commission structure with goals, later was changed to making percentage of the profit (average $50-100 per booking) - Bookings for a high-end travel company used to be meaty, now their meaningless and small bookings that take 72 hours to work on - Management will listen to employee suggestions but do nothing about it. The employee will think some action will be taken but do not be fooled, nothing changes - Expect to take your laptop home and work - management will want to approve everything but they do not approve until 6pm which makes you then work late hours to complete an inquiry - When you are trained, everything is in the management's hands and you get thrown to the deep end with no life vest; very autonomous work culture - Employee turnover is usually about 6 months or less; some people are smart and wait for commissions to come in, then leave - Opinions in product (hotels, restaurants, and experiences) are less than appreciated - if you have knowledge of travel/hospitality, don't expect to be heard by the Director of Product

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
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CEO approval
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Pros

- Office lunches - Experience - Title

Cons

- Lack of sops and operations manual - Poor organizational structure - Poor work life balance - Micromanagement - High Turnover - Understaffed - Burnout - Toxicity

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