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Nov 18, 2009
2009-11-18 13:56 PST
Details
Pros
Savvy technical staff, strong product, and some incredible people.
Cons
Issues with upper management not readjusting project timelines with the business and/or CEO/CFO/CTO when the requested work is unobtainable in the timeline specified. Lots of political games that distract the staff and promote incompetency. Needs to be more focus on establishing a few key objectives and seeing them through to completion. Always 20+ priority #1s which leads to the staff never accomplishing anything they start. Company demands too much from its staff, providing no work/life balance. They ask staff to cancel vacations, work weekends, and holidays to make up for the overall lack of planning. The primary reason the company is successful is that it has several incredible individuals that carry the rest and kill themselves in the process.
Advice to Senior Management
Prioritize the overall workstream to keep the teams focused and producing.
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Anonymous:
“Part Startup, part bureaucratic”
Nov 4, 2009
1 found helpful
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Program Manager in Bellevue, WA:
“Great culture; lousy technology”
Oct 31, 2009
1 found helpful
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Anonymous:
“Great product, smart people, negative politics, poor execution”
Oct 31, 2009
1 found helpful
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Principal Program Manager:
“A company with a highly political culture and incompetent mid-level managers”
Oct 21, 2009
3 found helpful
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Anonymous in London, England (United Kingdom):
“Good place to work. Very political.”
Nov 2, 2009
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Regional Director in Munich (Germany):
“Expedia was a very good place to work at! Not sure how things are today. . . ”
Oct 28, 2009
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Analyst in Bellevue, WA:
“Failure to Reward and Value High Performing Employees”
Oct 27, 2009
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Anonymous in Bellevue, WA:
“Machiavelli would be proud ”
Oct 15, 2009
1 found helpful
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Anonymous in Bellevue, WA:
“Great Place for Work/Life Balance”
Oct 8, 2009
2 found helpful
