Pros: trivago has a great working atmosphere. It's never monotonous and always interesting to come to work. This is largely based on the numerous employee benefits, the beautiful tech-oriented campus, the official company language (English), and the concepts of free working hours and increasable vacation days.

Cons: There are so many things going on at trivago (sport events, team events, company-wide events, knowledge workshops, casual parties, etc.) that it could sometimes be difficult to follow everything. This is probably not even a con, but I can't think of anything bad about the company.

Pros: Great culture with very diverse international people. Amazing events.

Cons: Low salary and low increase rate. Depending on the project you're working on, there are so few development opportunities.

Pros: Flexible working hours are great, though messages do happen outside of normal business hours. Generally, direct managers are great. When I had some mental health-related issues, I was given the time and space to breathe and take some time to make sure I was on top of my game. Unlimited holiday (with the state minimum) is great. Plus, having two company-sponsored holidays (a week in summer and two weeks around Christmas) per year is nice. Learning is at the core of trivago's ethos. Everyone tries and learns from everything they do, making learning opportunities out of mistakes and fumbles. The Talent and Culture team even keeps this belief when changing processes and making rules.

Cons: The flexible working hours are a double-edged sword, meaning you might get messages outside of core business hours, mostly from coworkers. Pay for software developers is on the lower end for the market. There's no option for full remote. We're only remote right now because the government suggested it due to the pandemic. We'll probably be back to normal once the pandemic is over. Feedback between talents tends to be soft, and talents are encouraged to keep it soft for fear of insulting others, despite more direct feedback being useful for talent growth. As for career growth, there isn't much. You can either be a software dev or a lead. There really isn't anything in between.