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Orbitz Worldwide reviews

4.1

84% would recommend to a friend

(559 total reviews)
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Hari Nair

76% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Orbitz Worldwide has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 559 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Orbitz Worldwide 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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559 reviews
5.0
Jun 24, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The caliber of the team at Orbitz is the best reason to work here. I am constantly impressed by my colleagues and want to raise my game for them. The people care about the company and so they pull together to get work done, but they will also challenge each other to get things done the right way. There is plenty of interesting work to do, so it's important that everyone is on the same page. The office itself is a fun environment and most managers are flexible with employees. You can work the hours you want, from where you want, as long as you can get your job done. The company provides lots of little perks that make it a nice place to work.

Cons

There is a lot of work to do and it means that everyone has a lot on their plate. This can make the work/life balance difficult at times. It can also restrict creativity of the team. If there was a way to remove some of this pressure, it would give people more time to find creative solutions or raise new ideas to the leadership team.

1.0
Jun 9, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

The people are very nice, but frustrated at continually being setup to fail.

Cons

Consensus based management - slow and wrong. Cant work on good equipment - poor development environment. Development very hard to accomplish with massive dependencies all over the org. Nobody knows the whole stack anymore, too many have quit, processes left running in production unknown what will happen if restarted! Annual restructuring, as if that will solve things, mgmt groping for some recipe. In 4 years it never has, lose 3 mos to confusion every year. A players hire A+ players, B players hire C players. Company is full of B at the top which forced out all A below and replaced with C. High bug counts, long release times, 85% of your time in meetings, competition constantly beating the pants of you, simplest technical improvements from 5 yrs ago not done until 20 people are in total agreement. Version control ineffective. Testing is too little too late. Everyone knows all these problems, task teams created to address them, same results every time, nothing ever done, teams disbanded, slog for 3 mos, rinse and repeat.

5.0
Jun 8, 2010

Wouldn't want to be anywhere else!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The passion and dedication that people at Orbitz bring to work every day is not only humbling, but a great motivator - working with such talented people compels me to want to continuously improve. The access to senior leadership at Orbitz is unparalleled. Yes, we're a relatively small company, but the leadership team is completely accessible and is truly interested in your ideas.

Cons

Sometimes decisions take longer than you might expect in a small company that is trying to hold onto it's entrepreneurial roots. Communication could be a little better, but I have yet to work in a company that has fully mastered effective communication.

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