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Love Expedia's work/life balance

Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Expedia Group for less than 1 year
May 15, 2014
Bellevue, Washington
4.0
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

For a tech company, there's great work-life balance and great benefits, including some reimbursement for gym memberships, tuition, and personal vacation expenses. We also have a great program in which we can opt in to buy stock at a discount. Most work areas are fairly flexible; people aren't "butts in seats," and can manage their work hours as needed. We sell travel, so I feel good about the product. We're really helping to connect the world. Also, our employees love travel, so they tend to be a cool group with global interests.

Cons

No formal work from home or work remotely policies.

It's becoming increasingly difficult to even interview for jobs that are a level up, so if you want to advance your career in terms of promotions, you'll likely have to hop companies.

Pay is very good for a travel company, but typically much less than a comparable job at other Seattle tech companies. (Work/life balance might make up for this when compared to some companies.)

Only higher levels get stocks as part of a bonus.

Advice to Management

Make sure the recruiting team's goals are achieving the intended results. It looks like they might be driving behavior that encourages turnover.

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