Corrupt leadership in IT. Talent is on its way out. - Analyst Expedia Group Employee Review

2.0
Aug 25, 2008
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Pros

A job in IT provides decent pay for little actual effort, as leadership is so corrupt that nothing ever actually gets off the ground. So the benefit is, if you are looking for a steady paycheck while you train for a better position somewhere else, this is one place you can get it. If you want a very serious challenge at maturing an organization from the inside out, this would be a prime candidate, but there is really no entry point where you could accomplish this before you were pushed out. The other reason is, discounts on hotel accommodations through Hotels.com.

Cons

The leadership in IT is corrupt. Politics occupy the majority of their time, an this results is a very distorted view of what is going on in IT and product development. Unfortunately these same people hold all the keys to change, so its like being in a car driven by someone who is intoxicated, will not listen to you, and is separated from you by a plate glass window. As an individual contributor, there is no recognition program - your work is absorbed and added to the resume of your leadership. The culture is dominated by a general lack of trust, and and an unwillingness to work as a team.

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Cons

Pre-covid the culture was really special. Collaborative, engaging, people-centric, with a unifying mission to enable travel for the world. Since covid there has been a revolving door of executive leadership, and with each round, they throw out the current strategy to try something "new" without building from the current or past successes. Constant change, but no clear vision or strategy of what they are trying to change to. Lack of strategy and low risk tolerance leads to too many priorities with not enough investment to move the needle in anything. Quarterly layoffs, but executed quietly team by team so as not to make news. No psychological safety. Talent strategy since covid is to hire externally over internal promotions to gain "functional expertise" therefore difficult to grow your career. Siloed divisions not working towards common goal. Lacks operating model maturity needed for a company of this size likely do to revolving door of execs and priorities. A cash cow company with an identity crisis trying to be an AI innovator. Build vs buy mentality slows them down. Too many exec pet projects that aren't vetted with proper business cases.

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