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Oliver Dlouhy
47 Ratings
Pros
Also including very pleasant office space in Brno Campus which is even dog friendly, which I totally adore (in 14 reviews)
Beautiful work premises, free coffee, fresh fruits (in 9 reviews)
Cons
Zero work/life balance, The schedule of shifts is simply terrible - 9 night shifts in 10 days (in 4 reviews)
Top management pushes travel consultants to ask for a review when they are in communication with customers (in 6 reviews)
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"Great company with good benefits"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Kiwi.com full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
Flexible when it comes to schedule, good management.
Cons
Haven't encountered any so far.
Kiwi.com 2018-05-14 04:00 PDT![Kiwi.com Logo]()
"Three different roles with the company, enjoyed them all"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Kiwi.com full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Wonderful people from all over the globe, stylish modern offices, innovative culture, dog friendly, free fruit and refreshments, genuine opportunities for career progression, great company parties, approachable and smart CEO and C level who genuinely care about the company
Cons
Still growing and learning as a company so not all processes are perfect yet, 4 weeks holiday, working conditions dependent on role and department.
Advice to Management
Systems and processes within CS and orders need to keep being improved to match the brilliance of the technology that drives the website. Customer experience and retention could be improved, as well as handling times being reduced, with CRM to replace the current tools used. Good luck for the future, it was a pleasure to work for the company and be part of the journey for over 2 years. Happy 6th birthday!
Kiwi.com 2018-04-06 06:24 PDTHelpful (3)
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"corporate toxic enviroment just without suits"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Kiwi.com full-time
Pros
If you are from other country DON´T go there.
Cons
Enviroment here sucks and salary is low for Brno. Especially CS/BO are super tracked even bathroom brakes. Countless managers constantly creating some crap that everyone knows wont work. People are bulliet for not following that and in few months this process is gone and create another crap. Rest of company is looking at you with despect. Countless promisess just minor change important stuff without improvement.
Kiwi.com 2018-05-03 05:35 PDT![Kiwi.com Logo]()
"Good, but there's still a lot of room for imrovement"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Kiwi.com full-time (More than a year)
Pros
- Fantastic people and colleagues;
- Spares no expense for company parties;
- Social activities and initiatives;
- Very good and extensive training;
- Great atmosphere in the office: young, multicultural, very chilled and not corporate at all;
- Friendly and nice HR department;
- Nice-looking office;
- No more night shifts!Cons
- The new workforce tool makes little to no sense;
- Salaries should be higher, esecially for foreign language speakers;
- Only 4 weeks of paid holidays;
- A lot of confusion in general sometimes in why processes are changed, removed or implemented, and KPIs anways change;
- The Customer Suport department is treated as the scum of the comany, or that's the feeling sometimes;
- Some promotions are still made "under the desk";
- Promises are not always be kept;
- The policies are not that customers-oriented like it used to be;
- Quality scorecards are, for some reason, given more importance than the actual work and the customers' hapiness.Advice to Management
- Try not to hire external people for responsibility roles: promote your most valuable employees and make them feel that they're really important;
- Listen more to your employees and try not to giive them the usual "standard" answers;
- Be more transparent in the internal recruitment processes.Kiwi.com 2018-03-21 01:25 PDT![Kiwi.com Logo]()
"Good potential, not good execution"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Kiwi.com full-time
Pros
Very fast growing company with a Silicon Valley vibe;
Interesting industry (Travel) and will to disrupt it.
Young founder and management;
Nice office;
Good tech devices.Cons
The company is based out of Brno (Czech Republic), so be prepared for that; Kiwi.com has grown so fast in the past years that it's probably grown too fast - leaving off the table the interest for the employess, focusing only on money.
(Speaking of which, they might be looking for selling the company - just fyi)
People are promoted based on friendship and not real value.
Very high turnover rate.
Salaries are low (but it's also Czech Republic, so it's normal).
Perks of nice office are not always what they look like - e.g. fresh fruit brought in once a week disappears after 5 minutes.
Overall, good experience for sometime if you're already based in Brno, but I wouldn't recommend moving just for a job at Kiwi.comAdvice to Management
Focus more on people satisfaction and career advancements. Place better people manager in top positions - companies are made of people and you need them to be satisfied if you want them to stay.
Kiwi.com 2018-03-21 08:22 PDTHelpful (2)
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"One of the worst jobs in Brno"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Kiwi.com full-time (More than a year)
Pros
- It used to be friendly and nice environment but even that faded away
- One pro can be that it can truly teach you how bad can a job getCons
- way below average salary, no increase even after few years
- absolutely no way to get promoted if you are not friends with management. Promotions in this company have nothing to do with skills.
- you do not feel as a person, you only feel as a number in excell sheet
- the most horrible shiftplan I have ever seen, they really plan your shifts on the verge of what is still legal
- unprofessional management who lacks any relevant people skills, they will lie to you 24/7 that you are next in line for promotion just to keep exploiting you
- while I was working there, I was forced to write a positive review here, so my guess is that 90% of the positive reviews here are not sincereAdvice to Management
Stop treating employees like garbage and maybe most of them will stop running away in probation period. Also it isnt 2010 anymore, so the salaries you pay should not be as well.
Kiwi.com 2018-03-20 06:12 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Employees are replaceable here"
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RecommendsNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Kiwi.com full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
- good benefits: multisport card, free coffee, fruits, game room, dog friendly office
- good athmosphere
- sometimes there are interesting tasks to solve - yes, there are!Cons
- being a foreigner in BO - most people are Czech, and they really don't like speaking in English (it's different in other departments, especially at Travel Consultants)
- weak and untrained vendors, who makes the whole company's life harder
- too many promises
- management doesn't care about the hardworking people
- employees must be rather robots than humans
- no support for Czech language learning - shifts are always different, it's impossible to plan with, you never know when you will be working next month.
- no flexibility from managementAdvice to Management
Dear Management,
If you want good for your customers (aka passengers), you need to look for other solutions than figuring out the times when we can have lunch (10 in the morning for morning shifters?), when we can have breaks (I seriously can't go out to the toilet within the 1st and last hour of my shift?). This is for robots, but unfortunately no robots work in CS/BO, but humans. Provide a better training to vendors, make people to think logically, so the passengers will be happy as well. You shouldn't hire every people from the streets.
You should also reward employees who work hard - if you don't do this, these people will leave pretty soon from the company to somewhere else where they get more respect. Maybe you think people are replaceable - they are, but just have a look at Manila BO team how much time they needed to get to that point where they don't make mistakes in every cases they touch.Kiwi.com 2018-02-25 21:37 PSTHelpful (2)
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"Affiliate Manager"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Kiwi.com full-time
Pros
Nice building and social events and a bit too relaxed work from home culture, food is provided in the building at a low price but don't expect high quality.
Cons
Friends and Family sort of company, no career progress, many people who happened to be there at the beginning in the wrong places, low pay, Brno itself is expensive city and has nothing to offer back in return. Also if they promise you anything make sure it is in writing and the manager of your manager knows about it cause lying seems to be ok there.
Advice to Management
Keep doing what you doing
Kiwi.com 2018-03-16 14:39 PDTHelpful (2)
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"travel consultant"
StarStarStarStarStarDoesn't RecommendDisapproves of CEOI worked at Kiwi.com full-time
Pros
nice co-workers and nothing more
Cons
unorganized, delayed payment, bad shift planning
Kiwi.com 2018-03-04 05:29 PSTHelpful (1)
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"Kiwi.com is a fast growing company in the travele industry."
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Kiwi.com full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Kiwi has a nice and friendly atmosphere where foreigners are more than welcomed and your advantages are respected and credited.
Nice benefits.Cons
Although Kiwi.com has a nice atmosphere it has not much space for you to grow either to develop your self.
You can only change department which will not much change your routine and won't teach you a lot.
No Salary reviews and no raises although you exceeded your job and you're helpful and hardworking.Advice to Management
You are trying hard, but I guess you can start to reward your employees for their hard work, and by rewarding, I mean money and salary raise because this is a real world and to live you need money.
So whenever, you do not do those many good people will leave because simply their skills are not paid for enough.
Respectfully,Kiwi.com 2018-01-24 07:03 PST
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