Trivago

Lately, only the flexibility to work on your own time. Good for parents.

Nice people. You can make friends for life.

Work-life balance is good. You won't be working late often, and you can have your life besides work.

Very low salary, and they say they are "looking into it" for many years.

They increased people's salaries by x% last year for the good work they did in 2021, except if you were going to leave the company at the beginning of 2022. I've talked with at least two other people in this situation. What a shame! Well done!

No real benefits as it used to have:

• No Trivago on Tour (company-wide travel, ok during corona times).
• No "working in": We used to be able to work from Palma de Mallorca or Leipzig, but since the pandemic began, we don't have another office than Düsseldorf. Instead of stopping this benefit, why don't they increase salaries or give another benefit in exchange?
• No Trivago experiences anymore. We used to have things like walking the "Camiño de Santiago", guided visits to a colleague's hometown, etc. :(
• The awesome campus they advertised for years worldwide is now a shared building, and we can't bring people from outside anymore to get to know the building (even after corona), which was awesome and helped Trivago conquer new employees after their visit.
• The first time we got a "nice" Christmas gift, and even that they can't do well anymore. Idea: Let's buy everyone an Apple Homepod Mini. They are going to like it... I mean, only the ones that have an iPhone, but that is fine, right? Right? :facepalm: (How will you keep a company running if you can't buy a freaking gift that everyone can use???).

They don't help you with a single cent to pay your electricity or internet bill, even though they are saving a lot from us working from home. And they will also not give you any budget for you to get your home office ready. Good luck.

• It is impossible to grow if you don't want to move from engineering to management positions.
• Unclear future: You work many months on a project, and out of the blue, they decide not to move forward with it, even though a full team worked on it and the project is 95% ready to go. #LackOfFocus

It is very sad to see a company that was fun and with so much potential lose its purpose. They are losing their biggest asset: their people. It is unbelievable the number of talents leaving Trivago that have been with them for more than 4, 5, 7, 10 years.

Today, I'm just really upset with many things that happened in the last months. The total disregard is an enormous lack of respect and consideration for people that went above and beyond.

I wish you can look inside and fix those mistakes. It is going to be better for the employees and the future of the company. Cheers.