Tripadvisor

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.

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.

Decentralize the work so that communication does not pose a barrier. It would be nice to match some of the benefits that HQ gets, i.e., gym, full weekly catering, and parking passes.