Expedia Group reviews

- Management feels more and more disconnected from employees. I used to feel comfortable saying 'hi' and speaking up in meetings with C-level leadership. It now feels like we are minions/cogs in the machine to them. - Managers are more focused on metrics over people. Yet, don't even know how to action the metrics. - My manager even admitted how toxic our team is and yet he's not given the bandwidth to actually remedy. - Management doesn't listen to feedback in All-Hands - When bringing up issues via All-Hands Q&A, the only response leadership says lately is "bring it up to your manager". - New Campus is frustrating to get to and work isn't flexible (despite them thinking it is) so be expected to go in. - Nepotism; director hired on their best friend considered as a double promotion. This was into an area they have no prior experience in. The person is not doing anything that was expected so we basically lost a full resource we were expecting to have with this hire. - Attrition; I can't go a day without seeing someone leaving the company either on LinkedIn or a 'goodbye' email. - Micro-management and no compassion; during the height of the pandemic, I had ER visits for my sick pet. Instead of receiving compassion, my director asked me how I was going to be available if questions arise. - Inclusion isn't there or lacking. We can only focus on one marginalized group at a time just to meet hiring metrics. Zero intersectionality or desire from majority of employees to learn about diversity and inclusion.

Previous decennium Expedia was listed in the top 5 best employers world-wide until a number of years ago, yet unfortunately has been reduced to a below-average typical US-led corporation which is no longer interested in the concerns of its human capital. Expedia's answer to any problem is to implement more corporate policies, processes, procedures, more restrictions and in particular more micro-management. You will be measured and monitored for your entire online activity. Only working cases is marked as productivity. The providing of training, mentoring, or learning about new processes or technologies are considered as non-productive activities. Experience, seniority and added value have a negative effect on your statistics. At the end of the day/month/year you are a number with performance statistics in some Excel. Management is not supportive but will remind you of your corporate duties and not to expect anything or question any decision making. The result is that many well-performing, knowledgeable, experienced employee have left the company annoyed and frustrated while other non-performing employees can remain in the company (as long as they produce the bare minimum of statistics). Expedia is not a knowledge-driven organisation that invites proactiveness or changes but instead a rigid corporation that rewards obedience and compliance.