TUI Travel Reviews

Pros

Great perks, nice people!
Free money to put towards the purchase of your summer holiday for all staff is a bonus.

Cons

There are offices in Luton and in Coventry. They might as well be different companies. Only apply for jobs in Luton.

Advice to Senior Management

opportunity is slow to develop, people tend to get a little stuck and leave. Ok if you are not in a rush!

Pros

You're constantly learning about new destinations for travel. Once in a while you can take advantage of a good travel deal.

Cons

Senior management does not support or provide enough resources to allow employees to do a great job. Staff is overloaded and overworked, resulting in low morale.

Advice to Senior Management

Treat your regular employees better; they are the ones making memorable trips happen for employees. Treat employees with respect and compensate them appropriately.

Pros

Diverse group of companies offer opportunities

Cons

Disjointed reporting and management structure

Advice to Senior Management

Be ready for the European economy to stall

Pros

* Great work/life balance
* Fast entry-level career advancement
* Generally good benefits and perks
* Travel

Cons

* Expected to work long hours with little reward
* Difficult to move horizontally to different departments or to senior positions
* Many divisions not aligned
* High staff turnover

Advice to Senior Management

The constant cost-cutting but increasing KPI targets is extremely taxing and demotivating.

Pros

It is a worldwide company with a clear vision and hard working employees. The working atmosphere is 'ok'.

Cons

It sometimes seems everyone is working for themselves and there is a lot of pressure to perform and to meet the targets.

Pros

the travel industry overall is interesting and TUI is the market leader in Europe. Get to meet and work with interesting and colourful people from around the world.

Cons

Very old school, hierarchy system. Hyper political environment that makes for many miserable days of dealing with utter nonsense. A classic case of working in a big corporate machine and feeling like a "number", rather than a person.

Advice to Senior Management

Inspire your team with a vision and truly empower and incent the people you have to make a real difference in the company. You'll be amazed at what they will accomplish.

Pros

Great place to learn professional Know-how and live abroad. Compensation package is good if you are just a graduated.

Cons

Low level of excellence within the whole range of brands.

Advice to Senior Management

Many operational inefficiencies. Keep an eye on talent identification and retention.

Pros

Friendly staff, interesting job meeting many new people every day. Head staff is always willing to help you out and you never need to be afraid to ask for anything. Very flexible in work hours

Cons

Mostly part time staff, you can't make a living only doing this job, ships do not come in every day. Sometimes travel is a hassle to get there.

Pros

It;s fun palce to work

Cons

Not goal oriented. Communication problem

Advice to Senior Management

No advice

Pros

Spacious and modern working environment.

Cons

A bemoth of a company too big to run efficiently. Waste is rife and governance and controls severly lacking for a FTSE100. Change takes forever and in many areas there is no apetite for it.

Advice to Senior Management

Performance manage your teams