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Software Engineer - Front End
Current Employee
Has worked at Trivago for 2 years
July 16, 2019
Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands
4.0
RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros
  • Flexible hours.
  • No management (no one is pushing you to work; you have to do it yourself).
  • Nice IT equipment (laptops, screens, etc.).
  • Best environment of work.
  • Family spirit.
  • Events.
  • Free food/drinks.
  • Good coffee.
  • Feasibility to learn new stuff.
  • Nice tech - frameworks (working in the right team, not all of them).
Cons

If you join as a junior or mid-level employee, it is almost impossible to earn more. 360 is bulls*it.

Family spirit can be an advantage and a disadvantage for some people, so keep it in mind (same as events, if you don't want to socialize).

Bureaucracy and politics.

The Palma office is a second-level compared to Düsseldorf (benefits, salaries, etc., are quite below).

Advice to Management

I have seen so many people leave because of salaries, even people with really deep business knowledge and skills leaving for other companies since they paid much more.

It doesn't make any sense. You then need to waste other people's time looking for someone else and teaching them. A lot of effort, time, and resources are wasted for a few euros.

It's okay to have benefits, but never over the base salary.

Also, I sometimes feel we have been pushed to socialize too much.

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