Great company but quickly falling behind - Software Engineer I Expedia Group Employee Review

3.0
Mar 15, 2018
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Pros

Laid back culture Code on site is run by millions of people Work can be interesting with cool engineering problems Great work locations

Cons

Hiring standards have gone way down Low pay compared to other tech companies Not as many perks as other tech companies Work life balance can be bad on certain teams Politics of a regular large company Stock is falling Promotions appear to be time based rather than merit Work from home is less flexible than other jobs in the industry Bulky legacy codebases slow down development

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5.0
Jun 8, 2026
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Pros

Good leadership and culture, good WLB

Cons

Large organization means structured, slow moving processes

2.0
Mar 29, 2026
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Pros

Constant state of transformation is ripe environment for new hires and functional experts from big name tech companies

Cons

Pre-covid the culture was really special. Collaborative, engaging, people-centric, with a unifying mission to enable travel for the world. Since covid there has been a revolving door of executive leadership, and with each round, they throw out the current strategy to try something "new" without building from the current or past successes. Constant change, but no clear vision or strategy of what they are trying to change to. Lack of strategy and low risk tolerance leads to too many priorities with not enough investment to move the needle in anything. Quarterly layoffs, but executed quietly team by team so as not to make news. No psychological safety. Talent strategy since covid is to hire externally over internal promotions to gain "functional expertise" therefore difficult to grow your career. Siloed divisions not working towards common goal. Lacks operating model maturity needed for a company of this size likely do to revolving door of execs and priorities. A cash cow company with an identity crisis trying to be an AI innovator. Build vs buy mentality slows them down. Too many exec pet projects that aren't vetted with proper business cases.

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