Airbnb reviews

4.1

78% would recommend to a friend

(2,378 total reviews)
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Brian Chesky

86% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Airbnb has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,378 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Airbnb employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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2K reviews
5.0
Nov 12, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Working on a product based around travel (opportunities to travel on Airbnb around the world) - Free food 3 meals a day! - Amazing impact on cities and individuals - Tons of opportunity for impact - Leadership training opportunities for many people - Relatively flat structure

Cons

- Growing pains transitioning from a smaller startup to a successful larger company - Only recently started doing performance reviews so still getting ramped up to new process

4.0
Aug 9, 2014

fast paced, hard working

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

fun place, free food. hot company

Cons

long hours, long decision making process

4.0
May 25, 2026

Great culture but concerns over new management style

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great place to work, good culture and supportive team members.

Cons

With new top level managements coming from Meta and other companies they do not fit the Airbnb original culture and started doing silent layoffs.

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