Is Booking.com a good company to work for as a Software Developer?

Software Developer professionals working at Booking.com have rated their employer with 3.8 out of 5 stars in 261 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Booking.com employees being 4.1 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Developer Jobs at Booking.com now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Developer interview questions at Booking.com .

Does Booking.com pay Software Developer employees well?

Software Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Booking.com with 4.3 out of 5 stars based on 261 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 2.4% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Developer salaries at Booking.com.

How happy are Software Developer professionals working at Booking.com?

74% of Software Developer employees at Booking.com would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 11% in the past 12 months. Software Developer professionals have also rated Booking.com with a 4.4 rating for work-life-balance, 4.3 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.9 rating for culture and values and 3.1 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Booking.com?

Account Manager (728) , Customer Service Representative (493) , Customer Service Specialist (401) , Customer Service Executive (264) , Account Executive (229) , Software Engineer (180) , Customer Service (161) , Credit Controller (117) , Senior Account Manager (101) , Customer Service Guest Specialist (100) , Software Developer (92) , Team Leader (92) , Product Manager (70) , Customer Service Agent (65) , CSE (60)

What are the pros of working at Booking.com according to real employee reviews?

"Benefits (apart from pay) are also good and the company is putting a lot of effort into improving managers' skillset." ((in 629 reviews)); "The recruiter of this company should be praised since I meet so many great people at work" ((in 587 reviews)); "As everybody says colleagues are great an the team is very multiculcural" ((in 525 reviews)); "Great culture and values which are part of the company's actions and not just words." ((in 513 reviews)); "Very good salary compared to Dutch companies (and Europe in general specially if you qualify for 30%)" ((in 385 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Booking.com according to real employee reviews?

"The HR people don't do heir work; the management is poor and thinking of retirement." ((in 477 reviews)); "Bad managers are very bad" ((in 257 reviews)); "Lack of company vision and poor leadership" ((in 100 reviews)); "No career opportunities in Zagreb" ((in 64 reviews)); "• Blatant Favoritism within the office" ((in 60 reviews))

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Booking.com Software Developer reviews

3.8

74% would recommend to a friend

(261 total reviews)

Glenn Fogel

45% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.4

Work/Life balance

4.3

Diversity & inclusion

4.3

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Culture & values

3.1

Senior management

3.1

Career opportunities

Software Developer employees have rated Booking.com with 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 261 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Booking.com is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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261 reviews

1.0

Dec 19, 2017

Don't go there

Developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

some cool people, lunches and drinks

Cons

The management is very weak and unresponsive. Employees are asking for salary increase for months the management just ignores it. Very arrogant people.

1.0

Dec 19, 2017

Developers treated as sales promoters

Software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Realocating to Netherlands - Business knowledge

Cons

- Pressure to write code that converts - Distance between programmers and the management that evaluates your performance is really big, which causes severe communication problems - Inconsistency in performance evaluations, where team leaders not always respect what is asked of your role and gives arbitrary decisions - HR encourages to talk with them to review performance evaluations but they won't listen to you and will repeat whatever they heard from team leaders - Developers that are not capable of being team leaders are being promoted as such when they just don't know how to deal with people and treat you like a coding robots - Politics games with clear, unprepared favorites - You need to show off your job or you will never be recognized - Micromanagement - The tech stack is at least 10 years old, I didn't learn nothing new in my area - Perl

Booking.com Response

Thanks for taking the time to give us your feedback. We appreciate you letting us know about your frustrations with management, performance evaluation and technology, especially as a former member of our development team. This year, we’ve made performance management our main focus. We’re working towards making changes that will see managers better trained and processes adapted to ensure everyone is evaluated fairly. In regards to your concerns about technology, it's true that PERL has played an important role in our technology for a long time, but that is changing. We're taking steps into exciting new territories and the tech we work with is diversifying as we do. We're committed to innovation and leveraging technology to ensure our product and services remain the best in the space. Many thanks The People Team at Booking.com

5.0

Nov 21, 2017

Great place to start your professional career

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Diverse and friendly environment, anyone is willing to help you. Bunch of benefits like discount on hotels and others. You can implement your ideas and have a huge impact worldwide. Wonderful work/life balance.

Cons

Low salaries in compare to other big tech companies.

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