Perk reviews

If you are in sales I would highly suggest avoiding this company. This is the only job I have ever had that does not have a commission contract. They change the commission structure every few months so no one ever fully understands how they are paid out. They will find any excuse in the book to avoid paying you what you earn and since there is no contract, there is nothing you can do. There are also large pay gaps between employees in the same role. Some high performing SE’s are paid 20k less than new hires. I have seen a difference of 30k in base pay between SSE's. The company is set up to favor Barcelona employees. The US is responsible for most of their revenue yet they use this money for meal/gym reimbursements and parties for the Barcelona office. Employees in Europe get a substantial amount of holidays and vacation days. They take pretty much the entire month of August off. But as a US employee you are expected to pick up the slack and have your butt in your seat from 9-6. The company originally hired employees with the pretense of 1-2 in office days. They have since moved to 3. They are blaming their mass resignation (an entire sales team and manager left in the US - They have also lost several high performing employees to TravelBank in recent months) on return to office. People are leaving because they are not respected or paid properly. Not because of return to office. I saw their reply in another review stating “We currently have an annual performance review for all employees to recognize performance and behavior which is reflected through pay appraisals as well as promotions where managers get together as a community during our Calibration process to ensure that there is fairness and consistency”. There was not one pay raise during performance reviews across the entire US sales team. Even though the US brought in more than half of their total revenue we were told not one employee was “high performing” or worthy of a raise. They give everyone poor reviews to avoid paying them what they deserve because the company is out of money. Managers that fought for their team during “calibrations” were shut down. There is also a problem with lead distribution. Inbound leads are not handed out fairly. Some employees ended the quarter with 2million in leads while others ended with 4-5million. If you were not a favorite by upper management or the one remaining manager in the US you were often given small or unqualified leads and told eventually it would even itself out. They are heavily pushing outbound activity at the moment. I wouldn’t bother with outbounds because even if you are successful in signing them, the company will find an excuse not to pay you. I would avoid this place at all costs.

Do not apply to work at TravelPerk unless you want to quit living a normal life. Shifts are horrendous and when you try to make a change you are never listened by the people in charge of them. Requesting holidays? Do not even dream of them if you there is people with higher seniority than yours. Work ethic is mad, lack of training, lack of empathy and support from your POCs. Forget about talking to your TLs or Managers since they will pretend they listen to you but nothing will ever change. You will not be promoted unless you join the right toxic circle of people. Do not even dream of a fair raise because it will not be possible. They will always find an excuse not to. The company' slogan is "7 star service" when they try to cajole companies for them to book through their platform but the service they give to their employees is a clear -7. A bunch of people is leaving every other month due to the toxic culture. People's team care about feeding you food and getting you beers instead of listening to the no so secret complaints. Salary is ridiculous, The salary's discrepancies between colleagues are massive. Advice? Not to apply to TravelPerk, everybody smiles at you in the corridors but they will talk bad behind you.