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Technology Manager
Current Employee
Has worked at Expedia Group for less than 1 year
August 21, 2008
Bellevue, Washington
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNo CEO Opinion
Pros

The product is amazing, and the people creating the product are brilliant. The office locations are truly a sight to see.

The UK headquarters were in Soho, London, and are now in Covent Garden. The office in Montreal is 20 paces from Notre Dame. The view from US Headquarters is all of Seattle.

From a technology perspective, the company is bleeding edge, and the developers are always creating better ways to present our product to the consumer. Internal development teams design workflow tools that rival our e-commerce solutions. It is a pleasure to tell people you help deliver Expedia to the world.

Cons

Expedia is a vacation spot for inept leadership.

I have seen numerous millionaires come into Expedia and waste millions of dollars with little to no thought going into their decision-making process.

There is absolutely no long-term vision.

The review process for employees is based solely on the 'what have you done for me lately' model of management.

There is a huge separation between senior management and the teams working to keep the business online.

Communication is non-existent unless a leader is blaming an employee for failure to accomplish a goal they never delivered.

I can't imagine that any technology leader at Expedia has been successful outside of the workplace.

Advice to Management

Buy any management book and read it.

It isn't hard to follow the steps of good leaders that left a bread crumb trail.

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