Management is spotty, Remote work not available for all teams - Anonymous employee KAYAK Employee Review

3.0
Mar 3, 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Company leadership at the top is solid Vacation policy is solid Nice offices

Cons

Management varies greatly from dept to dept, some of the poor managers don't attend management training (because they think they have nothing to gain from it). The "work from anywhere" policy that they love to promote does not apply to all teams (nor do week-long shutdowns). Really poor HR, you're own your own to find answers, and several are just unkind people.

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5.0
Jan 27, 2026
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Pros

Great people and interesting industry to be in

Cons

Sometimes too focused on the data and not the human experience.

4.0
Nov 24, 2025
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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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