Agoda reviews

3.9

76% would recommend to a friend

(2,914 total reviews)
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Omri Morgenshtern

75% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Agoda has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 2,914 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Agoda employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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3.0
Nov 10, 2018

Senior Full Stack Software Engineer

Anonymous employee
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Pros

-Progressive -Fast paced -Open to ideas from developers

Cons

- When they hired me in Bangkok, in the interview they were bragging about how good they were and how they could get anyone they wanted in the company and how they only employ 1% of applicants. Everything seems... over exaggerated. Despite all this, I come from a western country and left a very high paying job. Their offer was MUCH less than my offer back home. I told them I would only stay for a short time in the job and wanted to do it to enjoy my time while it lasted in Bangkok. Despite this, they were so confident and arrogant that I would stay more longer than the time I quoted that even during my exit interview they were like "when we hired you, we knew that you would stay for more longer than xxx time" after I told them I was quiting. I found them to be quite cocky and over confident of their worth to my career. For a whole year, they bragged on about how they could pay anything to get westerners to come and work for them but when push come to shove and I told them how much they needed to pay to be just as good as my offers back home, they turned around and said "You're not worth that much". I would personally tell them that they aren't worth MY TIME either, but that's above their heads at the moment because they are arrogant.. As for the person that said this: "There's a tension in the company regarding the low salaries paid to the "local" Asian workforce vs. the high salaries and stock options typically awarded to Western expats (or Asians educated overseas) and senior management." They do this because they have to, to retain these staff. The offers are STILL not attractive even for the western expats anyway despite what Agoda says. The salary after tax verse the cost of living is still worse with Agoda than back home in most western countries. The only westerners who work in Bangkok are there for just lifestyle reasons and not money which is understandable due to the nightlife and beach scene.

2.0
Nov 9, 2018

Agoda High School

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Decent pay for a call center

Cons

There’s a group of miserable 30 year olds who have nothing better to do than gossip & spread rumors about people. This place is for people who have no education & nothing better to do. If you actually want to make something of your life, don’t work here. If you’re a miserable 30 year old who has 3 different children with 3 different men, then this is the place for you.

4.0
Nov 9, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Working for Agoda can be fun. The company is rapidly growing, there are a lot of talented young and fun people. You may get lucky and be put on a team with people you actually like and can hang out with. - The job itself is good – customers are typically nice to you and understanding. - Fruit delivered every week - Free coffee - Convenient downtown location, near the mall - Good benefits: 401k, Aetna medical, Delta dental and vision, fitness reimbursement up to 240 USD yearly - Laid back company culture – you are not being evaluated on after call work time, handling time, calls taken. You kind of work at your own pace. If you do not avoid calls then it is easy to reach all the targets. - There is an annual bonus depending on your performance, which is nice. - 4 weeks paid training - Multicultural company, you get to talk to many people from all over the world - Possibility to relocate to other offices within the company

Cons

A lot of the previous posts seem somewhat exaggerated, which is understandable. People come here to post anonymously and vent about job dissatisfaction, which is unfortunate that they cannot express their concerns at work that might actually result in change. Managers are more concerned with whom to fire than putting in the time to learn the job in order to better help agents. There is constant drama going on – people reporting each other for every little thing, warnings, excessive amounts of callouts, people being out of work for long periods of time due to alleged “medical reasons”. There Is also a lot of gossip which would be fine if it weren’t malicious. It almost seems like there is a need to bring down others for your own benefit. Compared to other locations, company events are very reserved and conservative with a small budget that aren’t fun. The attendance at these events shows the disinterest people have in getting to know each other outside of work. Many agents have very dysfunctional families with issues that they bring to the workplace. It is not uncommon to hear about domestic violence, spouses going to prison, single mothers’ struggles with their 2-3 kids at home. The hiring process is flawed – they look for call center experience, so we get many people who are burned out from working years in abusive call centers, getting used to customers screaming at them and reverting to the status quo of “there’s nothing I can do for you”. This place needs people who are excited to start a new job, are passionate about doing well and actually care. It doesn’t matter whether they have call center experience.

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