Booking.com

Booking has an excellent international work culture. You get to work with folks from around the world, and that is itself a learning experience. The work-life balance is excellent, and their recent policy change for 22-weeks paternal leave is super awesome. Sprint plannings ensure that you're not overloaded, and you can always find time for family and your personal life.

Teams work in small sizes, so you get to interact with all the stakeholders, which is a very positive side.

When you join, their relocation team ensures that your experience is seamless. They take the stress out of concern when you think you're moving to a new country.

And don't forget the compensation: it's best in the market! I mean, I've interviewed with FAANG companies, and only a very few of them have been able to match my compensation.

Moving up the ladder within the company, unless you're a full-stack dev, is difficult. There's barely any innovation, or scope for it, unless you work for a core team that develops one of the in-house frameworks. After a while, boredom gets you. With each passing year, you understand how detrimental all of it is for your career.

You can learn new tech, but on your own, because most of the time, it won't align with team requirements. Again, unless something falls within policy, it ain't gonna happen. Policy runs everything here, from people to processes.

Be more flexible.

Do the right thing, not just say it.

Don't back off just because you're afraid of losing.