Vrbo reviews

3.6

66% would recommend to a friend

(733 total reviews)

Jeff Hurst

67% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Vrbo has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 733 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Vrbo 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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733 reviews
2.0
Oct 21, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, you get a good amount of Paid Time Off and Sick hours along with Floating Holiday hours. The offices are nice modern spaces along with your typical free snacks kitchens. The people that work here are all very enjoyable people to work with. Employees are smart and helpful along with being laid back. Parties and events are pretty cool. They also buy food every week depending what time your shift is.

Cons

The biggest con would have to be the job itself. You really have to have tough skin if your going to be a rep for the company. The customers that you support tend to have a negative user experience with the product itself which causes most of the calls to be escalated and workload to be a very stressful. You will come to realize not only will you have to provide basic support on how to use the website but also be the customers therapist, property manager, investigator which can be emotionally draining. Although not all calls are like this, there is a good percentage of inbound calls that are like this. Any job under the Customer Experience umbrella you will be working in a call center environment so if you are not the type of individual who does not like to be judged by your metrics and be micro managed by a system that monitors your every minute then this may not be a good fit for you.

1.0
Jul 28, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Other than free drinks, snacks and really cool work sites, nothing.

Cons

I know this a great company and has the ratings for it. Clearly this is not with the Customer Experience Dept. It was the worst customer service job I ever had. They say the training was re-constructed for more hands on but if you're ready to just be thrown into the fire than go for it. The leadership is poor, they have some helpers in ramp that actually want to help and others that make you feel like a complete idiot and unwanted. This is definitely not a great first impression. Like I mentioned I know this is a great company but just steer far, far away from the Customer Experience Dept!

3.0
Jul 26, 2017

Very hierarchical and political for a small size company like this

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very laid-back culture. There are a lot of good people here who are willing to help you. Excellent maternity/paternity leave, very good benefits overall.

Cons

HomeAway is a very hierarchical company. Like others said, it is very hard to move up to the next career level despite being a top performer. A lot of inexperienced managers here, who are not well trained and become additional barriers to your work. Surprisingly, top management is not able to catch this. Some "old guards" who work in HomeAway for a long time tend to be complacent and are not receptive to new technology and ideas. These "old guards" usually do not have the skills/knowledge that new employees have and tend to feel insecure about their positions. This will slowly change with Expedia coming in.

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Vrbo Response
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Hi there, Thanks for taking time to leave a review. We realize managers need to be equipped with the right tools to successfully lead their teams. Therefore, we offer a mandatory new manager training program that includes several different educational sessions throughout the year to help new leaders develop their skills. We want you to feel supported, and confident in your manager and your career path. We welcome your input anytime. Feel free to Slack message me with any additional comments or suggestions.
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