It's a great place to work, but management is weak. - Anonymous employee KAYAK Employee Review

3.0
Mar 15, 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great corporate culture. The people are nice and very smart. The benefits are generous. There are a lot of fun company outings. And the company is about to IPO.

Cons

Many senior managers lack basic people management skills. Projects are disorganized and often cancelled. The technology group is located 3 hours away from the business group, which sometimes makes it difficult to get things done.

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

Great benefits: Healthcare had great coverage and affordable monthly payments. I also really appreciated the work-from-wherever policy as well as all the office snacks. Fantastic people: I genuinely loved the people I worked with—they made me feel like I belonged and was appreciated. My manager worked to build me up, something that can't be said for a lot of places. Travel perks: The ability to travel for work made this experience incredibly rewarding.

Cons

Slow mobility: Trying to get promoted felt like a moving goalpost—the expectations changed every six months and made it nearly impossible to get to the next step. Even then, the business was stingy about who gets promoted, which was incredibly discouraging after years of trying to prove myself.

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