chaotic for 3+ years - S S E(Senior Software Engineer) Expedia Group Employee Review

3.0
Jun 15, 2024
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Pros

- Very good benefits as a package - Team mates <3 - work life balance was okay, a mid level experience

Cons

- Worked in the company for a long time around 5+ years. originally under their subsidiary VRBO, whereby they moved our team directly under Expedia group after 2 years. The 2 years were standard with high pressure situations sometimes but overall because of the team a wonderful place to work. After we got under Expedia Group however in the pandemic, a lot of the problems started. Breaking up our productive team and spreading it out wasn't a wise choice but we were still productive even with countless obstacles of bureaucracy as managers came and went and I was put on multiple teams sometimes without a real option. It got to a point where projects were about maintaining legacy systems that were frustrating to deal with and maintain. This gave me pause and decided to leave the company even though it was a great time because of only my team mates. - Slow progression also where people needed to absolutely prove they are worthy for a promotion by doing special things, not considering we delivered above and beyond the needs of the business with me being part of investigating tech we never used before several times

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5.0
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Pros

work life balance lots of pto

Cons

limited room for growth in the company

3.0
Jul 5, 2026
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Pros

Incredible benefits! Quality, affordable medical insurance, 401k, wellness reimbursement, travel reimbursement, plenty of PTO, etc. They have fresh food cooked daily for breakfast and lunch, available for purchase. They also have free food, such as yogurt cups, cheese sticks, and shelf-stable fruits available to all employees. The benefits keep many of us here. I will say, have had two supervisors so far, and they’ve each been great. Very understanding, yet motivating. I haven’t yet met a supervisor who didn’t value their supervisees.

Cons

The main digital platforms we use do not function efficiently, which makes a noticeable impact on our work. On a perfect day, you’ll still spend 8-12 minutes per hour waiting on load screens, but we have experienced days in which the sites were down for about 6 hours within an 8 hour day. I feel that our quarterly goals are not constructed with this in mind. Another major con is—like many places now—job security is an issue. AI is taking over the job of many employees, and while we’re told to embrace it, it’s difficult to do so when you could walk in any day and be told to pack your things.

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