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Good Pay, High Hours, Politics

Software Development Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Expedia Group for 2 years
January 19, 2017
Bellevue, Washington
3.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Pretty decent benefits and pay.

Free beverages provided.

There's really not much else I can say. I'm just trying to reach the 20-word minimum.

Cons

In the department I'm in, most people work 60-90 hours per week.

Weekend and nighttime work are an expectation, not an exception.

The culture imposes leftist principles and beliefs on employees. The influence is now complete with propaganda-feeding leftist news articles displayed on new screens in every elevator. I don't consider myself particularly right-winged; I just consider any form of political influence from an employer to be an intrusion.

Advice to Management

Seek out a culture which truly values a work-life balance. There's a reason employees are dropping like flies from this department. Many have even knowingly left for jobs at Amazon because they said that they worked less and felt less work pressure at Amazon. To anyone who knows Amazon's work culture, this should make a clear statement.

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