I’ve seen several posts and comments on here lately from Airbnb employees talking about their bad work culture. Is this just common knowledge about the culture being bad there? I was completely surprised when reading comments from employees but maybe I’m naive.
People unhappy about not making their worth through IPO so I've heard
What I read had nothing to do with the ipo. It involved sexism and harassment and the like
Elaborate sexism? Not surprising leadership is heavily mostly male
Some links for context would be appreciated, OP
Here’s one, but I think the real eye opener is in the tech lounge. I don’t know who has access to that and who doesn’t. https://us.teamblind.com/s/G3UDj7O2
Ah thanks!
Could the root cause be that Airbnb just doesn’t need all the talent they hired to sustain and grow their core value proposition? Like with Uber?
Crazy stuff. I read the Tech Lounge post too.
What tech lounge post
Lol
I guess I don't have access to that lounge. Can you either post more screen shots from that post or DM me more info about this?
don’t want to spill too much but we just had a company all-hands where Brian answered a lot of questions from Blind, including the harassment and retaliation. Yes, there were few instances of this, and the head of HR gave us all the stats including how many got fired, disciplined, or received coaching. It’s few, not rampant. Many of us in real life were wondering where these accusations came from, and in reality, these do happen in big companies like Airbnb, but not at a volume that we would remotely call this a cultural problem. I too believe and was worried that this is happening all over the place, but at this point, it’s mostly a myth with handful of incidents that the company fully handles.
Second Meelo’s comment. The company is trying to be open and transparent and receptive. It’s a good sign. Mistakes were made but I can see people trying to make changes. Our employees should continue to have zero tolerance to harassment and report them or call people out if they witness bad behaviors. Luckily, people I have worked with so far are all very respectful and caring. I enjoy working here.
FYI this person has worked for only 2 months at AirBnB. Make of it what you will.
Wait y use ur real name blind??
The company needs to end forced arbitration.
Agreed. This should be brought up in the next q&a
Yes, in 2019 fosho
I don’t work there but that tech lounge post was off the rails with very specific and disturbing accounts from employees. It’s hard to just believe those stories are “myths.”
I feel like I’m in a twilight zone. Can you give me some keywords that I can search for, so I can actually find this?
Here are just a few. Sorry, there are like 200 comments on that post and it’s a lot of airbnb employee comments to sort through. Comments from Airbnb employees: “Gender discrimination and retaliation at work” “Help. I’m being retaliated against by my manager. I’ve talked to HR and things just gotten worse. What can I do?” “Oh no! Another case! There are a couple options Belinda. Reach out to a lawyer to discuss your case.” From a Pinterest employee responding: “Can’t say I find the discrimination surprising. Culture starts at the top and in Airbnb’s earlier days I know at least one of the founders had a reputation for being a playboy and not just outside of the office. Honestly surprised Airbnb was able to escape the whole #metoo and negative press that Uber got.” More airbnb employee comments: “This is unreal. Hopefully everyone coming forward will force them to address this.” “Has anyone heard if they are actually going to address and fix this issue now?” “Nope. People are just leaving...” “Please I'm a female worker at Airbnb. I'm leaving this place because I lost my baby being exploited by this place. I know friends who cry at the bathroom because of panic attacks. Don't downplay our experiences!!!”
The Airbnb culture now is what used to be in LinkedIn when Mike Jennings used to be the head of IT. That guys knows nothing , wonder how he survives
Because he is the head, the rules work in his favor.
At least he used to arrange good parties in the IT area... Decorations were quite good..