Pros: TripAdvisor has great profit sharing and great compensation with respect to the Ottawa market. They also offer cool benefits like catered lunches and reimbursement programs for transit. The office environment is medium-sized, with about 30 engineers, and sports an open format, so you really get to know everyone. People are friendly and willing to help. Generally, there isn't much stepping on top of others, at least in engineering.

Cons: High expectations, sometimes stressful because releases are weekly. Since this office is virtual, communicating with HQ and always being in the loop is a challenge. Things move very quickly at TripAdvisor.

Pros: You get paid, that's it. I cannot think of anything good about the team. I am not talking about the company; I am talking about the team.

Cons: The so-called new hire team rotation does not exist at all! When they hire, they give such an option. However, once you are placed in a team, you are dead. People: In the whole year, we have had only one team lunch (no outing at all). All my manager knows is to stand behind people and ask how it's going. Those nerds in my team never know how to have a life. All they talk about is going home and watching cartoons, and they are poor in communication with others; all are cynical. When I ask how to find something or can you give me a demo, they would say, "Go Google." Technology: They never know how old their technology is. Java for websites; they are not willing to use new stuff. You cannot find Spark, NoSQL, Redis, Docker, or whatever is industrial standard now. They use SOAP, HTML, Spring, all kinds of dead limbo stuff. Managers generally come for 3 years then leave. No one cares about long-term profit. Stocks: Company missed the market 3 times now, and it is only $50. The revenue is even lower than in 2014. I cannot think of any future. Promotion: Great people leave. My best buddy at the team is not at Google, and I am at another big company. When we reunite and talk, we both agree that managers do not know how to promote the right people. Salary raises cannot even counter inflation. People's titles do not even change after 3 years. Energy: I can only see people in their 40s in manager positions, which makes the whole company not energetic at all.

Pros: Great people and culture. Lots of agency to move around within the company.

Cons: Unfortunately, and understandably, in a bit of a rough spot due to current events.