Trivago

• Great history.
• Success story until 2018.
• Still a decent chunk of really inspiring and capable people.

Since the management got replaced, almost nothing of the former Trivago culture has survived.

Although there was probably a bit too much focus on people, since all founders and most leads that shaped the culture dropped out, Trivago is nowadays nothing more than a normal company with a tendency to lose all advantage in terms of culture, even compared to large corporates.

Even in lower lead positions, the majority of your daily business is managing politics.

• Lots of top-down decisions and micromanagement.
• Lack of diversity, especially on C-level.
• A leadership that probably would be better suited to lead military operations.
• Leadership seems to be very busy with self-promotion.

• probably think about reestablishing a CHRO/CPO position to help you.