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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
3.0
Oct 18, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

A decent work life balance with opportunity to learn a new domain. There is a lot of potential for innovation if upper management gets out of the way. There are still some smart, hardworking people in the trenches.

Cons

Most of upper management is terrible and no longer understands or cares how most of the software works and what measures are needed to improve operations. It seems like most of the effort is geared towards maintenance and "keeping the lights on". Little effort is made to recognize or reward talented employees who try to make a difference and thus most of them leave.

2.0
Jun 12, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

I worked with a lot of smart people who helped me grow my knowledge and expertise to parlay into a new opportunity outside of the company. The laid back atmosphere was nice but also a symptom of zero accountability anywhere in the organization. The office is located in a good spot for running errands during work hours (was always able to go to the post office or stop at CVS if I needed something). Decent opportunity to move up in the organization because people are always leaving, creating positions for others to move into.

Cons

Huge amount of turnover ends up leaving large gaps in knowledge, which are then filled in by numerous silos because the replacements don't have the knowledge of how everything fits together. A constant problem is the competing systems and priorities to the point where nothing ever gets done because all of the time is spent actually prioritizing and re-prioritizing when things inevitably fall off the divinely inspired "Roadmap". (which has yielded exactly how much incremental revenue over the past 3-4 years?) The people who have made the decisions that have caused the company to lose market share and revenue are still responsible for making those same decisions, which is why the stock price has crashed while competitors are soaring. Compensation is pathetic and it is not hard to see where the money that could be allocated to merit increases and bonuses is being wasted on, ahem $80K xmas party, a couple of $50K all hands, not to mention the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) being treated like royalty and having catered lunch every day while the actual worker bees who get the job done hope to afford something decent from the food court downstairs on the pittance that they are paid. Seeing the money just pissed down the drain on the SLT jetting around the world makes it all that much harder to see the bonus pool shrink and shrink each year. People are not just cogs that can be replaced and that fact has proven itself over and over as good talent leaves and the company continues on its slow march to irrelevance or being bought out.

4.0
Jul 15, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It's a casual environment, with smart people, the politics are minimal (in most areas), and for the most part you are only limited by your own ambition. -flexible schedule -decent tech company perks (foosball, pop machines, breakfast, onsite activities) -TRAVEL DISCOUNTS! -Low politics/most people are straight up -cool technology

Cons

-Fair amount of turnover at the SLT level. Much of the SLT is non-technical and doesn't always "get it" -Smaller groups can have limited opportunity for advancement -Some dead wood, but doesn't get in the way :) -Not always clear why people get promoted. At times there seems to be a culture of failing upwards.

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