Substantial Decline - Software Developer Expedia Group Employee Review

2.0
21 Mar 2020
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Pros

The benefits package is really good. My co-workers are wonderful and I'm lucky enough to have an excellent manager. They are flexible about WFH and commute options.

Cons

They don't walk their corporate values talk and haven't for a long time. Comp is way below market rate. Bonus is contingent on number success variables so we'd gotten our full bonus 1 time in 5 years. Bloated levels of upper/senior management with high salaries and no productivity. These folk weren't laid off when high performing ICs were cut instead. Calls for management to explain themselves in terms of protecting their own were totally disregarded which has only sapped post-layoff morale even more.

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2.0
29 Mar 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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