Travelport Reviews

Pros

The pay is not bad.

Cons

Leadership is not accountable for strategy and communication

Advice to Senior Management

Provide clearer direction

Pros

Good Pay, Great Environment, Great People

Cons

Made more money than they knew what to do with when the economy was good. Business model changed a lot and most of the corporate structure was divided into the business units. A lot of lost jobs.

Advice to Senior Management

Communication is key but understand the difficulty in this big environment.

Pros

+ Pay in-line with market
+ Flexible working (role/ location dependent)
+ Employees knowledge, experience, dedication & loyalty
+ Global network and relationship with travel suppliers and agents
+ Profitability and potential

Cons

- Ownership suffocating potential
- Focus on short-term, business driven by finance
- SPIN; much skin-deep on-a-shoestring activity to tick boxes
- Lack of medium & long term direction and commitment
- Nominal people development & pre-historic people management

Advice to Senior Management

+ Listen to and focus on customers, employees and quality; profits will follow
+ Import guidance on people development best practice: delegate responsibility, implement program to cross-fertilize knowledge across the business etc.
+ Strip out at least one top layer, refresh the entrenched senior politicians with the genuine layer below

Pros

The people are friendly. This is an organization whereby people have a lot of seniority. This reflects a high degree of loyalty to the organization,

Cons

It is an organization that lacks structure and open communication. Often deadlines are established before the project plan and data is established.

Advice to Senior Management

Clear strategic vision is needed with realistic plans for implementing vision. Leadership should evaluate ways to incent employees. Too few key employees to implement project plans.

Pros

1. Best work culture in terms of providing flexibility and room for creativity.
2. Talented co-workers and knowledgeable people.
3. Technology intensive firm so a good place for techies.
4. Management shows good leadership and initiatives to make the work place more productive.
5. Professional growth is given attention and HR is very supportive.

Cons

1. May not be the best in terms of compensation.
2. It is a unique firm in terms of the industry, some skills learnt here might not be transferable
3. Not a mature process oriented organization which can be a good thing if you strive in a dynamic environment.

Pros

At Ease, less work load, timeoff, work from home

Cons

No growth, managers not capable

Advice to Senior Management

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Pros

Very balanced work schedule. Flexibility of working from home

Cons

Lack of clear communication among co-workers and other departments

Advice to Senior Management

Hope Travelport continues to grow as an internationally renowned GDS company

Pros

New hires get to work on important projects. Benefits are comparable or better.

Cons

Lot of outsourcing.
Prefers inexpensive work force over quality workers.
Management lacks transparency.
Management lacks vision. They fail to understand the challenges and react appropriately.

Advice to Senior Management

It is a technology company, invest in qualified people who understand the market and technology.

Pros

Opportunity to expand in a fast paced environment and to work outside of your comfort zone
Willingness of certain leaders to work with new hires

Cons

Consistent failure to meet company goals - leadership need to take responsibility in their inability to move the company forward

Pros

Good work life balance esp. in summer when Fridays end at 3pm
Friendly easy going colleagues
Above average pay
Interesting industry

Cons

People often over qualified for the roles they are doing
Hierarchy huge with extremely poor top down communication
Negative vibe

Advice to Senior Management

Improve communication from the senior management as well as from middle management.
Hire people who can grow into the role