Pros
- Despite the fact that the company at this point in time has well over 10K employees, there is still a lot of freedom one can enjoy in his or her role, to make that role fit you and pivot it in a way that fits well with your qualities and interests. - There general workforce is relatively young and super international; so in that way very techie which for me is definitely a plus. - There is a good work-life balance with decent work hours and no expectation or peer pressure to sit onto way in the evening in the office. If I would around the building at 18:30/19:00 almost everybody is gone.
Cons
- Despite the fact that I feel Booking really wants to see itself into a league with tech giants like Facebook and Google, the company just doesn't have the same buzz, nor excitement. Not so strange, as the core goal of the company is not a lofty goal to change society or the way we interact with each other, but more focused on creating a great accommodation experience when traveling. - I feel that the company is not very forward thinking when it comes to the creativity of its work space, the ability to work flexible or part time from home, etc. - Due to exponential growth over the last few years middle-management is generally speaking not very good and impressive. - There are a whole bunch of mostly extended leadership folks or the management layer below that whom are between 6-10 years with the company. They walk around feeling they own this company, have a smug attitude and do not realize that at any other company of our size their qualities would push them down three layers in the organizational pyramid. (this might be different in the Tech side of the company on which I do not have a good view, my view comes from the commercial part of the company).
