Is Despegar.com a good company to work for?

Despegar.com has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 849 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 84% of employees would recommend working at Despegar.com to a friend and 63% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Despegar.com have been left by employees working as Software Developer , Software Engineer and Desarrollador De Software .

Does Despegar.com pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Despegar.com employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Despegar.com. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Despegar.com?

84% of Despegar.com employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Despegar.com 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Despegar.com?

Software Developer (32) , Software Engineer (26) , Analista (17) , Product Owner (14) , Senior Software Engineer (14) , Product Manager (13) , Desarrollador De Software (12) , Analista Júnior (10) , Manager (10) , Analyst (9) , Senior Software Developer (9) , Business Analyst (8) , Java Developer (8) , Software Engineer II (8) , Analista De Marketing (7)

What are the pros of working at Despegar.com according to real employee reviews?

"Good benefits" ((in 7 reviews)); "People are generally cool." ((in 6 reviews)); "Beautiful offices" ((in 5 reviews)); "Great working environment and people." ((in 5 reviews)); "Annual bonuses based on company targets" ((in 3 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Despegar.com according to real employee reviews?

"The management was also a problem, since they were aware of the aforementioned, and did not take any action to generate a professional and adult environment" ((in 6 reviews)); "Neither culture nor common sense for the use of resources (specifically, hardware)." ((in 5 reviews)); "Different managers have different opinions on how to handle similar issues" ((in 4 reviews))

What are employees saying about Despegar.com layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Despegar.com layoffs and their outlook for job security at Despegar.com in 2026.

What Despegar.com locations have received the highest employee ratings?

La Plata , Buenos Aires , Córdoba

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Despegar.com reviews

4.0

84% would recommend to a friend

(122 total reviews)

Damian Scokin

87% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Culture & values

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Work/Life balance

3.8

Career opportunities

3.7

Senior management

3.6

Compensation and benefits

Despegar.com has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 122 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Despegar.com employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

122 reviews

4.0

Oct 5, 2017

Not bad

Software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It's growing so there are plenty of things to do, and a lot of jobs possibilities. I just dont like some things that are happening in the company and my salary.

Cons

The new HR department sucks. I believe I am a little underpaid for the tasks that I may do but they are trying to control our salary with random unusable-by-me benefits.

4.0

Feb 13, 2019

I miss the startup stage of the company

Senior java developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great offices. You work on high traffic and availability applications. Good salaries. Constantly growing company. Benefits.

Cons

Despegar lost the startup culture. Current stage has a lot of bureaucracy to do your work. Promotions are based on personal preferences rather than merit.

3.0

Jul 27, 2018

Good to start, but too much uncertainty

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Reasonable benefits (though could be better) - Home office, low supervision, generally speaking chill - Great place to learn, lots of experienced and welcoming people - Annual bonuses based on company targets

Cons

- Salary got worse compared older targets - Bad retention strategies for higher seniority employees - Lack of clear career path - Culture is not uniform, despite attempts to fix this - Terrible communication between teams, lots of NIH syndrome inside the same company - Different managers have different opinions on how to handle similar issues - Managers decide in technical matters based on own misguided ideas - Mobile strategy is wonky at best, teams are coming apart despite being a core company objective

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