Is Vrbo a good company to work for as a Software Developer?

Software Developer professionals working at Vrbo have rated their employer with 3.2 out of 5 stars in 30 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Vrbo employees being 3.6 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Developer Jobs at Vrbo now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Developer interview questions at Vrbo .

Does Vrbo pay Software Developer employees well?

Software Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Vrbo with 3.4 out of 5 stars based on 30 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 11.1% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Developer salaries at Vrbo.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Vrbo?

Customer Service Representative (62) , Software Engineer (27) , Customer Support Representative (19) , Account Manager (17) , Sales (13) , Partner Success Manager (11) , Senior Software Engineer (11) , Marketing (8) , Product Support Specialist (8) , Product Manager (6) , Resolution Specialist (6) , Sales Representative (6) , Manager (5) , Partner Success Account Manager (5) , Senior Customer Service Representative (5)

What are the pros of working at Vrbo according to real employee reviews?

"A solid tech company with a good website that offers great benefits if they will actually hire you on full time." ((in 100 reviews)); "The culture is great and overall morale is high despite the large acquisition by Expedia." ((in 80 reviews)); "The people at HomeAway are great to work with!" ((in 73 reviews)); "Work life balance is good" ((in 40 reviews)); "HomeAway has very nice offices and being 24/7 has a lot of flexibility for scheduling." ((in 26 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Vrbo according to real employee reviews?

"The Customer Experience Department has poor management." ((in 34 reviews)); "There are inexperienced managers who aren’t given training before giving them leadership roles." ((in 27 reviews)); "High burnout rate, leadership seems ok with this and is planning on leaning on this high attrition as they role out more and more off" ((in 12 reviews)); "It is much more extensive and they have absolutely no training materials." ((in 9 reviews)); "Also the upper management was aloof and disconnected from staff." ((in 9 reviews))

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Vrbo Software Developer reviews

3.2

22% would recommend to a friend

(30 total reviews)

Jeff Hurst

Not enough data to show CEO approval

14% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Work/Life balance

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Career opportunities

3.4

Compensation and benefits

3.2

Culture & values

2.4

Senior management

Software Developer employees have rated Vrbo with 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 30 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Vrbo is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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30 reviews

3.0

Sep 27, 2019

Great team, but extremely underpaid

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Excellent tech stack to work with (from React, Node to Scala, Akka and so on), CI/CD - Great team in London, everyone committed to doing high quality work to deliver value to customers - Caring management, encouraging and enabling the team to be vocal, collaborative - opportunity to work, travel across different cities in the world

Cons

- Austin gets paid, talks the talk, while teams outside of Austin are the ones that actually deliver value. - Because the company is predominantly in the USA, product and engineering teams there have no understanding of what local relevance means. All they know is the USA, all they have seen is how Americans use products, they do not comprehend what having a Global company means. - The team in London is extremely underpaid, compared to the market

2.0

May 24, 2019

Politics, Micromanagement and no focus on quality tech

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Snacks, drinks, PTO, Friendly employees, flexible schedule if you have the right manager

Cons

It's a miracle anything on the site/app works. Teams are very divided and breaking changes are CONSTANTLY getting through. There's no QA, no release schedule, and lower environments (i.e staging, test, development) are useless. "Test in production" is the motto. Quality is sacrificed so that non technical managers can report that features are being released and there is micromanagement all the way up to the top. The politicking and gossip that goes around management is equivalent to a middle school. Priorities shift daily and the claims of a "data driven approach" couldn't be farther from the truth . If you're a competent engineer go somewhere else with a better tech culture and competitive pay. People are leaving in droves

4.0

Dec 22, 2018

Great place to work with just a few standard flaws

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Benefits/pay are pretty good (we get Expedia's benefits) - Always trying to adopt the latest technologies (could be a con if your team falls behind) - People. If you honestly just do your job and are have the companies best intentions, you will create a high-level of trust within your team and management

Cons

- Management doesn't understand the importance of code quality and bugs. Those need more priority - So many internal processes - Interaction with other teams can sometimes be difficult - Sometimes difficult to find someone who understands some of the real legacy code

Vrbo Response

We appreciate your taking the time to leave a review, your feedback is valuable. The goal is to always hire strategically in a way that supports business initiatives. You bring up some interesting points in your advice to management. Have you shared your feedback with a manager or HR Business Partner? If not, that's the next best step for creating change (in addition to leaving your suggestions here). Also, feel free to email me directly at kchance@homeaway.com.

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