Priceline.com Reviews

Pros

Priceline is a place where you have the opportunity to become the professional you want to be. The company is highly supportive of initiative and brainstorming. The work/life balance is important as management understands that people have lives and things happen - in return, employees are expected to increase productivity and effort when times demand it. Dress code, attitude and protocol are part of a relaxed workplace while still expecting the best of everyone. The office is an open door and floor plan environment where everyone is encouraged to collaborate, idea share, and think across teams, all in the spirit of being the best travel deal makers. Period. Leadership is just as much a part of the open office and invites everyone to chat at any time with whatever the thought.

I have been with the company for nearly 15 years. I have seen veterans stay and newbies come and go. The company is what you make it and has a good reputation of rewarding those who stay. Personally, I have needed the support of flexible work days, and I know that my demonstrated dedication has earned me that privilege. People looking for a place to have a long term career should consider Priceline. There are always opening for new positions in many departments.

Advice to Management

While the stock benefits and bonuses can be generous when the company is doing well, pay raises have barely kept up with cost of living increases, which in the end is not a raise. Employees need to feel valued both by not only internal praise, but with real economic and job promotion compensation.

Pros

Some great challenges coming up with the CLOUD transformation happening.
The business is complex and requires a lot of good engineering to get it right.
Work life balance can be achieved if you don't deal with micro managers like I do.

Pros

Good work life balance
Decent pay
Relatively easy work

Advice to Management

Look for the right things when hiring and promoting people, culture a more supportive culture that focuses on professional growth

Pros

Lots of interesting work (You have to push for it).
Good Pay
Very Good mentors
Very Flexible

Pros

Great people and great desire to succeed make this a fun place to work.

Advice to Management

Keep on pressing for growth. You are on the right track.

Pros

Friendly, upbeat atmosphere with good, solid people! Sr. Leadership is dedicated and are "good people". The CEO engages people and keeps them in the know with regular all employee CEO updates. He encourages questions and feedback, and stresses that family comes first. Our People & Culture leader has made huge strides with providing a stronger department with a driving force to make solid improvements across the board. The company provides perks such as monthly social gatherings revolving around the holidays, etc. , s huge summer party, huge Christmas party, monthly Bagel Thursdays, etc. And the company just celebrated it's 20th Anniversary with a surprise visit from Shatner! The culture is a positive one where everyone treats everyone with respect, courtesy and dignity. All in all, a fun place to come to work everyday!

Advice to Management

Continue to listen to feedback. Do what it takes to keep talented, driven, innovative and dedicated employees.

Pros

Great company filled with smart, dedicated, and kind people. We take care of each other and our community. And of course, our customers! The lack of bureaucracy and expedient decision making creates an environment where you can contribute quickly and make a significant impact. Titles don't carry the day...ideas do! We work hard, play hard and give hard at Priceline.com. It's a place where I can spread my wings, find purpose and meaning in what I do, and be appreciated for what I bring to the table.

Advice to Management

Start tooting our horn. We're a very humble company...sometimes to a fault. This company is a gem that cares about our employees, our community and our customers. Every day we have a positive impact on all three. We need to tell that story.

Pros

I have the privilege to work with some of the smartest people in different teams.
Good benefits, but below industry average.
Learned a lot

Advice to Management

I don't think they would listen, but.....

It's a big change from the time I started till the time I end...Things have changed. I went from motivated to frustrated. At first I just thought I would work with great talent, and learn different cool tech, but it got out of control fast. Our hard work is not recognized. As a result, people are leaving at a rate the fastest the company has ever seen.
I can't speak too much about other departments, but in Tech, things are getting out of control.
I don't expect the CTO to know everything about tech, but when he struggles with making basic senses of our vision for development, strategy, or even optimization of our infrastructure, I lost faith after constantly being disappointed. There are projects that lasted more than 2 years that don't even have an adoption rate of more than 5%, and they are STILL debating the fundamental technology architecture.

My job involves working with different teams, and the lack of communications or willingness to cooperate is shocking. I don't imagine people to participate everything with priorities of their own, but as a result, I have seen the most amount of technical debt in my whole career life. It's exhausting, having to constantly fight for what I believe is right. The senior management almost never provides any help after I pledge to them time after time. After seeing people who stood their ground sharing their thoughts being fired one after another, I chose to keep quiet.
Look at the staff you have left, they are 80% of people who have been with the firm more than 10 years, and unwilling to adopt new technologies or refuse to listen to new ideas. After 5 re-organizations in the past 2 years, most of the vital and talented people left, leaving people who don't have working ethics, who bully their employees, and who refuses to listen in charge.

It's a big problem for my mental wellness. I tried to care, but in the end, I don't want to beat the dead horse.

Good luck.

Pros

Awesome benefits & above average pay. Some smart people and some who say they are smart! Good decent upper management mostly. Nice well kept offices, free gym, fab patios and such. Lots of activities, parties, food and such if you respond to this sort of things. Many good decent people all around!

Advice to Management

3 years = one department =3 directors and 3 VPs ; all with fancy degrees but sad and ineffective people management & organizational skills. HR should get in someone's head to get high quality candidate and, balance degrees and diversity with the right fit. It seems to run on "show and tell" like a kindergarten - how about people with content and experience?

Pros

good atmosphere and working conditions

Advice to Management

keep up the team building activities