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Rapidly going downhill; avoid

Full Stack Developer
Current Employee
Has worked at Booking.com for 2 years
September 20, 2018
Amsterdam, Netherlands
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Work-life balance is great.

Offices are beautiful.

Some really great people work here.

Cons

Rapidly removing benefits and being sneaky with it. They use political weasel words to excuse removing them, stating they'll come back bigger and better, but they don't.

A clique-based promotion system. The company desperately states, "No show ponies, only workhorses," while promoting show ponies and ignoring workhorses.

The leadership team literally laughs off any suggestions for improvement or causes for concern.

A horrendous tech stack, lack of testing/responsibilities, and a poor management structure.

A really bad sense of job satisfaction from most of the colleagues I talk to.

All in all, a great company rapidly heading in the wrong direction.

Advice to Management

Fix the above.

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