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Barney Harford
I worked at Orbitz Worldwide full-time for more than a year
Pros – Flexibility, desire to improve processes to poise company for successful future, work/life balance, focused on key initiatives for the year and stay the course to get those accomplished.
Cons – Big company and innovation can move slowly
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
2013-06-09 07:12 PDT
I have been working at Orbitz Worldwide full-time for more than 3 years
Pros – * great people
* managers work with you so you can do work you LIKE
* high level of autonomy
* ability to move around to different teams easily
Cons – * compensation/bonuses are poor - not competitive
* college hire process- college hires are (seemingly) randomly assigned to teams
* few opportunities for advancement (you'll be a senior software engineer forever)
Advice to Senior Management – * improve compensation
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company
2013-06-06 13:10 PDT
I have been working at Orbitz Worldwide full-time for more than 7 years
Pros – Open minded - good opportunities to learn
Cons – Too much bureaucracy... employees spend too much time on being able to do their job.
Advice to Senior Management – Focusing on everything isn't really focusing...
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company
2013-05-16 08:10 PDT
I have been working at Orbitz Worldwide full-time for more than a year
Pros – Orbitz is a great place to start your career and/or grow your career. Lots of smart people who like to challenge the status quo. Fast paced environment with cutting edge technology. Not a place for people who want to work 9-5.
Cons – Orbitz is a global company that can sometimes work in silos. We need to continue to break down these silos to be successful.
Advice to Senior Management – Continue to provide honest and open feedback.
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company
2013-05-01 14:42 PDT
I worked at Orbitz Worldwide full-time for more than a year
Pros – Nice location, well known brand. Very competitive industry, lots of smart folks to learn from. Pay is ok, though can be tough to move up.
Cons – The benefits need work. Compared to other .coms the benefits are quite poor. No 401k match first year in, 10 days paid time off, sub-par insurance, no personal package deliveries and to top it off a recent layoff in the past 6 months.
Advice to Senior Management – Things have improved (slowly) but morale is low, many more will leave unless things improve.
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend
2013-05-20 17:11 PDT
I worked at Orbitz Worldwide full-time for more than a year
Pros – Youthful spirit, smart friendly professional people, sense of humor, great benefits, fun place to work, flexible working hours, cutting edge technologies, challenging assignments, constant learning.
Cons – Changes in technologies, teams, structures, goals and directions come too often
and on a regular basic.
It may be hard to learn and adjust and be productive at the same time.
Too much multitasking and too many different responsibilities for each Software Engineer.
It makes it challenging to concentrate and difficult to perform each duty with high quality.
OK for some people, not so for others.
Business is very complex. Many processes to adhere to. It takes between 6 and 12 months
to learn enough to become fully productive.
Advice to Senior Management – Simplify annual evaluation process. Nobody likes it. Other than that, no complaints.
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
2013-04-20 09:18 PDT
I have been working at Orbitz Worldwide full-time
Pros – Flexible work timings, intelligent co-workers, challenging projects
Cons – Change is the rule of nature. Need to be quick in adapting to changing needs
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
2013-04-15 19:41 PDT
I have been working at Orbitz Worldwide full-time for less than a year
Pros – Great people to work with, cutting edge technology with lots to learn. Easy to move around teams. Flexible work hours as well.
Cons – The compensation is really low for a technology company. Competitors pay employees way more! No stock options provided (at least for fresh graduates).
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company
2013-03-27 19:57 PDT
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I have been working at Orbitz Worldwide full-time for more than 7 years
Pros – - Very talented and collaborative group of employees
- The company invests in its people
- Promotes internal candidates.
Cons – - There is some red-tape in the form of code review policies, has some upside where you learn from a large group, but overall makes for a slow process.
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company
2013-03-23 12:18 PDT
I have been working at Orbitz Worldwide
Pros – Really talented individuals in the group. Great place to compete and grow yourself in your carreer
Cons – Bonus packages are not very convincing
2013-03-26 02:33 PDT
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