BCD Travel Reviews

Pros

Private company, Senior Management is great, very approachable and friendly. Good company overall - with a decent to above average benefits package with the exception of pay scales being average.

Cons

Lack of career path options/opportunities. Some mid-level management people only interested in themselves and not in building a good team or enhancing the skills of employees... in all fairness this is NOT a company issue but is an issue with the individual. Company is very, very title heavy - particularly in 'client-facing' positions. Inter-departmental communication, knowledge sharing needs to be improved. Some key people and departments tend to get very protective inward focused. An understanding of the companies strategic direction/focus is not clearly evident beyond very senior levels. This is part of the 'competitive paranoia' in Corporate Travel Management.

Pros

good health benefits
flexible work from home policy

Cons

structure is completely off track too many high level managers that are not engaged
there is no advance in this office
employess don't care about the job they do

Advice to Senior Management

Restructure and start caring instead of just saying you do

Pros

recognition is there to a good level.
flexible timings.

Cons

Top management is less interested in the Indias' development team.
You would be working on very few in house projects.

Pros

Stable Company/Good benefits/Pay is ok

Cons

You cannot move into management if you are not orginally hired for management. I have been with the company for 5 years, and serviced several accounts, and have not seen one person move up to management dispite lots of tries.

Company does not match 401k.

Advice to Senior Management

Promote your front line employees, not your existing management.

Pros

Large Corporate Environment
Decent Managers
Relatively stable industry

Cons

Large Corporate Envirornment
Sometimes difficult to move up in company

Pros

I love the people. Job Security most employees have been here for over 5 years . Pay is good

Cons

communication. Benefits. payraises. promote more employees to upper management

Advice to Senior Management

find a better way to communicate with employees

Pros

Travel Benefits are ok and ok

Cons

Management could be much better

Advice to Senior Management

Benefits

Pros

BCD Travel has some of the most innovative and hardest working people in the industry. They are best known for their client-customized travel management programs and they are industry leaders in account management.

They led the industry in early travel technology development in the '90s and have continued to innovate as corporate travel evolves into a more automated process. Recently, they have invested in travel technologies and tools that enhance the corporate traveler's travel experience.

Cons

The economic downturn and an increasing pressure to improve profitablity put the company into restructuring mode. Right-sizing was the right thing to do in terms of cost savings but they cut too deeply into leadership and it may impact them negatively as the economy & their business returns.

Advice to Senior Management

Don't lose sight of what distinguished you from the rest of the TMCs - it was your client-focused business model that made you the TMC of choice for your clients.

Pros

Decent pay, okay benefits, good hours, fantastic training program, good communication with employees from the top ranks, nice office with a pretty view

Cons

My personal manager is a waste of oxygen, lack of teamwork, no accountability, system updates (we got new computers recently, but are still on XP and IE 6.0)

Advice to Senior Management

Improve communications from direct managment, improve medical and dental benefits, improve advancement opportunites, allow for more virtual work positions, decrease expectations on workload - it's WAY to high in some departments!

Pros

Nice office, good teamwork, GREAT travel perks. (IATAN Card)

Cons

Not all managers want to be managers. If you have a different personality than you manager, their may be conflict or you might be disappointed in how well the two of you can connect.

Advice to Senior Management

Explain the expenses of running a business to the employees,so they understand WHY they are paid what they receive.