Pros
1. Even though Expedia Partner Solutions (EPS) is a separate brand, it is still a part of a very good "Expedia Group" company with great values, culture and principles. Having a parent company like that helps with setting good norms and values 2. Good colleagues 3. Some work travel to see clients or visit offices in Missouri/Seattle depending on your role 4. Good office location with lots of cafes and shops near by
Kontras
1. Low salary for London. This gets much worse over time due to the point 3 below. 2. EPS management likes "buying"/hiring more people to grow their teams in numbers and bring in "fresh blood" (even though most of employees have been in the company at most 2-3 years!). Decisions about the need for the new hires are made quickly and there are a lot of open positions as a result of that. Most of us were hired for this reason. 3. Unfortunately, the biggest drawback is that once you join there is no career progression as there is no concept of "building"/developing the existing talent. There is a very limited number of promotions and no clear path for career progression for most of roles. You do not know what you need to do to qualify for a promotion. Majority of employees in the whole company are stuck and share the same "seniority" level. *All of these directly impact your work morale, professional competency and financials(!!) over time. * 4. Once it becomes clear to you that the management is not open to support you in your career path, then a conversation about looking for a job with another brand might be brought up. Although it is not redundancy as such, it is definitely not the outcome you would have hoped for when you originally joined this employer. 5. The old-fashioned culture of machismo.