A Home for Working Moms! - Senior Learning and Development Specialist OpenTable Employee Review

5.0
Jun 14, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Being a working mom is HARD. Being a mom has made me such a better team member, but sometimes I have to move my schedule around, and I need atonomy to do that. At OpenTable, I am a better employee because the stress of a rigid schedule/hours/commute to an office has been removed. I have the flexibility to be the best working parent, and the freedom that allows me to be the best employee I have ever been. OpenTable really trusts their employees, and that has been so valuable to me. Other pro's - great pay, great people, good culture, and they act on employee concerns (i.e. there were previous employee concerns about career development, and the company is developming a program to address that need). And the sick policy is great too! Between WFH, atonomy/flexibilty, and a good sick policy, I no longer have to ration my PTO between myself and my kids. I get to use my time off for things I actually want to do!

Cons

They are still working out some kinks form merging OpenTable and Kayak in recent years. There are some access and technology painpoints because of it.

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OpenTable Response
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