Vantaggi
I have been working at trivago for almost 5 years now. The company has shown willingness to re-invent itself, transition to a remote and hybrid model and change business model in order to better cope with the uncertainty caused by the covid-19 pandemic. Moreover, recently management addressed a well known problem within the company, that was the discrepancy between trivago's employees salaries and salaries for the same roles in other companies. In fact, everybody received a one-time extra salary increase (in addition to the yearly salary review we all get) to fill or reduce this pay gap. For me, the top PROs of working at trivago are: - Great flexibility (working hours, holidays, processes, communication etc.). The company lives the word "flexibility" or at least tries its best to do so. - Great opportunity to progress. I have changed 4 different roles in 5 years, either taking on more responsibilities or getting more involved in specific topics. - Transparency and accountability. It is nice to know that people around me are willing to share results, successes and failures widely. This helps everybody strive for the common good, rather than just for personal interest
Svantaggi
Of course, over time there have been a few cons: - A bit of a confusing environment. We're in "experimenting mode" quite often. This potentially creates progress and value, but it can be hard to manage sometimes - Being slow in embrace measure to fill the pay gaps with other companies - Having insisted too much for years on the usual start up benefits (ping pong and free beers, for example), rather than emphasizing the freedom given to employees to create value. Luckily, this has somehow changed lately (also thanks to the remote and hybrid set ups)
