Amazing company culture, great place to expand knowledge - Javascript Engineer trivago Employee Review

5.0
18 Jun 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Work-Life balance is everything and it is very well valued here, that was the most important aspect for me. Culture is amazing, people are very friendly and welcoming specially during the first month, it is all about getting to know the people, the culture and what the company/product is all about. Heard from many coworkers that its a very dynamic environment and that seems to be true, you could jump from one team to another on a whole other topic within the year, which at least for me makes things a lot more interesting and non routine. There's also some focus on personal growth and knowledge, encouraging you to take several hours a week to participate in courses, webinars , guilds, planning your own topic presentation basically improving your knowledge in any area. Managers offer a lot of help in terms of career planning and growth, focusing on how you want to progress and where you want to end up. They will guide you and even offer up some tasks and responsibility that help steer and prepare you for it. I've met/ heard of many people at the company who have been there for 4-5 even 7+ years. And talking to some of them I see no sign of boredom, lack of resolve or burnout which is a very good sign specially in Software Engineering. Highly recommended for anyone in Software Engineering at Junior, Mid or Senior level in their career.

Cons

Salary is in the lower range, and it is not clear or at least not communicated clearly how your salary is going to increase

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trivago Response
4y
Thanks so much for your thorough review, particularly from a Software Engineering perspective! We're happy to hear that you appreciate so many of the things we value most as an employer of tech talent :) Regarding salary: We take recognition of our talents very seriously. While we try to create a work environment and learning opportunities that acknowledge individual talent's efforts, we know that salary is one part of that and we try our best to make data-driven decisions around it. Employing talent in Germany, we also exchange with other employers based in Germany in the tech industry to stay current with our pay efforts. We also want to ensure that we stay true to our philosophy of paying according to each talent's value contribution. Those two factors together help us make salary decisions on an individual basis. We strive for clarity and transparency behind every single salary decision, which is why managers are trained and provided with all the information they need when communicating to their talents on this. We are constantly working on improving this, and work towards creating a workspace where talents and managers are comfortable to have discussions around this topic. We hope this provides a bit more transparency and thanks again for your feedback!

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Pros

- Visibility - Team Work - Work life balance

Cons

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trivago Response
1y
Thank you for your feedback! We’re thrilled to hear that you had a positive experience at trivago. It’s great to know that you appreciated the visibility of your work, collaboration with colleagues, and ample opportunities to maintain work-life balance. We strive to create an environment where our employees can thrive, and it’s gratifying to hear that these aspects made a difference for you. Thank you for being part of our team and for recommending trivago as a place to work. We wish you all the best in your future endeavors!
3.0
2 Jun 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- free beer, cereals, milk, coffee and other small stuff - team events where you see your managers get drunk - one trip once a year where the whole company gets drunk - average age 25

Cons

- all the above benefits mean less salary for people while trivago pays less taxes - very inexperience middle managers that treat people like monkey - no way to move up because of older employees and flat hierarchy

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