bookit.com Reviews

2.8

40% would recommend to a friend

(152 total reviews)

Bud Finlaw

46% approve of CEO

29% positive business outlook

bookit.com has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 152 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The bookit.com employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Hotel and travel accommodation industry (3.6 stars).

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152 reviews
4.0
6 Sept 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The VP of IT is world class. IT department puts a lot of effort into making a comfortable environment. Collaborative learning is encouraged, coworkers are friendly, chess tournaments, etc.

Cons

The business overall is very dry and not IT friendly. There is a lot of friction between the business and IT. The overall business "doesn't get it" in terms of how to harness a productive IT department. IT itself is slow to harness new technologies and approaches to solving problems. Front-end development is unorganized and not prioritized. Sr Devs and Architects only strive for back end gains.

1.0
8 May 2015

Customer Service

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Much like the Hitler Youth Campaign, when beginning your employment with this soulless company one becomes intoxicated with the empty promises of creating a better world (wide web)..as far as online travel agencies are concerned. I believe the company prefers to hire younger minds which are easier to mold and influence....like leading sheep to the slaughter. The management is wonderful, and by wonderful I mean they possess the emotional range of a wet carrot. I too was once a wet carrot, and am still trying to recover. I am a little skeptical that the executives are not actually people, but three pigs standing on each other's shoulders, hiding under a trench coat and pork pie hat. Very suspect indeed. But a life without mystery and wonder, is no life at all, if you ask me. Anyway, where were we....OH Yes. What are the pros of working at Bookit.com, you say? Let me count the ways.... If you enjoy irony, then this is the job for you. What is more ironic than constantly working in an environment where everyone else is always on vacation? And even better, they all HATE their vacation, and in turn, hate you. Oh! and the amount of perspective one gains from working in Customer Service here! You quickly forget all of the devastation in the world, foreign wars, etc, and realize that the single most important thing in life is this: Free Breakfast. If all hotels offered free breakfast there would be no wars. But I digress.. If you enjoy Chronic, stress-induced diarrhea due to one department having the responsibilities of four different departments, and unrealistic average handle times, then this is THE job for you. One would think chronic diarrhea would at the very least result in weight loss, and who WOULDN'T want to drop a few pounds? Well if that is the case, this is not the job for you. You should try Expedia. You will actually gain weight. LOTS of it. Not only from sitting down for 40 hours/week, but also from the soul crushing atmosphere that prevents you from wanting to be a functioning member of society on your day(s) off. Bigger is better, I always say. You will eventually lose all faith in humanity, lose touch with your friends and family, and become a shell of a human being... Netflix becomes your dad, and the couch, your mom. Finally, the piece de resistance: once a month there is a gathering to commemorate the cyborgs who have managed to survive yet another year with this reputable company. Fortunately I was always scheduled off on these days, and am more than positive this insured my continued survival. I have been told that the ceremony involves a feast of some sort. I speculate the menu consists either of the diminished souls of previous employees, or Soylent Green.

Cons

Now that you mention it, I cannot think of one reason why one would NOT want to work here.

1.0
17 Apr 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I would never dream of speaking anything positive in the general direction of this company. Stay as far away from BookIt.com as you can; you will be forced to scam innocent people and will be harassed by management.

Cons

The management is preposterous at best. If you make a mistake, you will be severely punished for it, even if the mishap is discovered months later. Every system in the Contact Center has a lag and often completely shuts down in the middle of calls. If you are in Sales, your incentive is dependent on your revenue (of course). The system will regularly (and by regularly, I mean 2-3 times per day) not allow bookings to go through due to system issues. You have to explain this to guests while they are on the line, which is embarrassing and often leads to escalations. If 2 hours was spent picking out the perfect vacation for my family and I and the booking wouldn't go through, I'd be pissed, too. Management is just as clueless about how to resolve issues on the floor as the agents. In fact, the service agents are the only thing holding the entire bottom floor of the company together. I can't imagine why with agents completing the jobs of 4 different departments with a guest on the line and handle time policies...still managing not to run out of the building in tears after every shift. BookIt also condones harassment, so I don't suggest applying for a position if you still have a fraction of a soul, feelings, or tears remaining inside your body. Oh, and don't bother reporting it. Human Resources and upper management will harass you further about the situation, defend the harasser, and continue dismissing you until you're so emotionally shredded from the daily verbal abuse that you want to stick a knife in your wrist. Bottom line is, save yourself the trouble in filling out the application. A couple of decent paychecks will not substitute for the horrible things that go on inside this company.

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