More cons than pro - Customer Experience Specialist Airbnb Employee Review

1.0
Oct 28, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Free Food Insurance Travel Coupon every 3 months

Cons

If you know the right people you will get promoted - if don't you will not - no matter how good you are! People got promoted in management positions with no experience! If you criticize what is going on you get blamed and ridiculed - criticism is brushed off. Bullying is common and if you complain about it, you are blamed. HR and Management are incompetent and they back each other, so no change will ever happen. The salaries are a joke! Especially for Dublin! The competition pays for similar roles 5-10k more per year. Staff turnover was so massive, people were told not to write any "goodbye" emails anymore as it would affect everybody negatively! There are very few career opportunities, and these are reserved for people who have connections!

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5.0
Jun 4, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Airbnb's mission of creating a world where anyone can belong anywhere strongly resonates with me. I'm excited by the opportunity to build products that operate at global scale and directly impact millions of users. My background in full-stack engineering, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and AI-powered applications aligns well with Airbnb's focus on innovation, reliability, and exceptional user experiences. I am particularly attracted to Airbnb's engineering culture, emphasis on ownership, and commitment to solving complex technical challenges while delivering meaningful value to hosts, guests, and communities worldwide.

Cons

One challenge of working at Airbnb is the complexity that comes with operating a global platform at scale. Engineering teams must balance reliability, performance, compliance, and user experience across many markets and stakeholders. While this can make development and decision-making more complex, it is also one of the aspects that makes the work technically interesting and professionally rewarding.

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