Not a true tech company - Software Engineer Vrbo Employee Review

3.0
May 2, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Can be a great company if you're in the right team. - Laid back atmosphere with generous perks.

Cons

- Homeaway's website is so outdated. The design team is not doing a good job. - The owner app is confusing and not user friendly as Airbnb's. - No open source projects because all the teams are busy fixing bugs. Engineers at Homeaway are not encouraged to create or contribute to open source projects. They only use famous open source projects such as Enzyme, Proctor from other companies including competitor Airbnb, Indeed, etc. Even the design is based on Google Material.

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Vrbo Response
7y
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us. Our engineers are encouraged to contribute to open source, but our official policy around contributions is still a work in progress. We also try to emphasize our inner source to support our teams cross-functionally. If you’re interested in discussing this more, please feel free to reach out to me directly via email or Slack. -Katrina R., Director of Global Data Science

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Vrbo Response
8y
Thank you for taking the time to leave a thoughtful review. We love a good tech stack as much as the next tech company and it’s great to hear you enjoy working on ours. Our Data Science and Engineering teams are so important to the success of HomeAway. You’re right though, we are growing rapidly. If someone finds themselves on a team that doesn’t quite feel right, we highly encourage internal movement and having a conversation with your manager.
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