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No longer a startup, not yet a FAANG

Software Developer
Current Employee
Has worked at Booking.com for 4 years
September 30, 2020
Amsterdam, Netherlands
4.0
Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Very chill place to work — work-life balance is achievable.

Strong AB-testing/experimentation culture.

Relatively light on process — lots of flexibility.

Enthusiastic official support for diversity/inclusion and employee wellbeing.

Cons

The slow rate of technical and policy change is due to a large amount of legacy code/technical debt and a people-pleasing, risk-averse, "no blame" culture.

The company started out highly agile and chaotic but has been slowly, and not without friction, becoming process-oriented over the last few years.

The over-reliance on expat workers who don't know their rights has led to some sloppy HR practices, but this has been getting better.

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