Pros
+ You'll find some incredibly talented and motivated people here. The People team has done very well attracting talents and subtly maintaining a culture that attracts smart and nice people. + Compensation/benefits are good for a Thai based position and at times can be even comparable to Singapore/HK for some senior level roles. + A lot on the corporate side (HR, onboarding, financials, business processes, L&D, legal) has been improved in the recent years thanks to transformational ex-leaders. + A highly likeable CEO. The con to this will be... who is next? + Interesting balance between being very progressive and yet conservative. Either way - this has brought a lot of growth/success to the company. Whether the past pre-covid years are a stroke of luck - will remain to be seen.
Cons
1. There's a degree of messiness that one must come to accept in Agoda... mostly in the systems side of things. Like any other fast moving tech companies. 2. Sometimes too conservative / pragmatic to my liking - wish they could do more for the hotel partners and the industry. 3. Some politics at the higher end of the food chain. But it's really the cliquishness and boys club feeling that turns some employees off. Of course the general population will not see that behind their idolatry.