Life at Ebookers
Who are ebookers.com
ebookers.com is a leading pan-European online travel agency specialising in worldwide travel. With over twenty years experience in the travel industry we are the original online travel agency. We reach over 5 million customers and are represented in 9 locations managing 13 country websites in Europe. We offer a wide range of travel products including a choice of over 250 airlines, more than 65,000 hotels, holidays, car hire and insurance generated through our strong partnerships with a diversity of quality suppliers.
Life at ebookers.com
We're different to many global companies in that our collaborative approach truly extends globally and provides the very best of local expertise and knowledge to all of our customers and colleagues alike. We have a "can do" and fiercely collaborative attitude and by combining the best of both global and local with a passion for building an exceptional online experience we are able to inspire and enable travellers to better connect to the world.
We have a core set of beliefs and values that guide the way that we do business and represent who we are as a company.
We are...Entrepreneurial
We are creative while being commercially realistic. This means we excel at finding profitable solutions to problems faced by our customers. In a fast moving environment we are positive about change, often welcoming it and always dealing with it. We take time to plan our future development and have more than our fair share of "creative moments" as a business in our drive to create shareholder value.
We have a "can do" attitude
We pride ourselves on our shared commitment, drive and determination. We value this highly and look for it in each other. In fact, we expect it from each other. We are best when we collaborate as a team and value this more than individual success. We push each other on it and call it out when it is not there. You could describe this as a "can do" attitude or as we like to say "can do, no matter what :-)". It can be scrappy, it's not always pretty but it is always effective.
We are...committed to Excellence
We believe that average is never good enough and that if something is worth doing it is worth doing well. There is no alternative. This means hiring smart people and giving them the freedom and the tools they need to excel. We feed our ambition for excellence by producing the best quality work we can. We thrive on the challenge of developing ourselves and each other to be the best we can be.
We take our work seriously but not ourselves
We do what we do because we enjoy it (if we didn't enjoy it we would go do something else). Life is short so we make sure we have some fun. We take our work seriously but not ourselves. We respect each other and our environment as we want our relationships to be long lasting. We love our diversity. In fact we think our diversity of people, culture and ideas gives us a competitive edge.
We are...Honest
Being honest and straightforward is really important to us. We want our actions to be transparent for us to be relied upon to do the right thing. We make a concerted effort to be honest and open with each other, true to ourselves and honest in our business relationships. Our integrity and honesty is fundamental to who we are and how we work.
To live up to our beliefs and values there are certain things that you can expect in working for ebookers.com.
We encourage a relaxed atmosphere, we don't expect you to wear a suit to the office and have state of the art offices in major cities in Europe. We have lots of social events, from office drinks to summer and Christmas parties.
We are committed to being a socially responsible employer - this is not a prescribed policy but means making a positive impact on the lives of our employees and the wider community we operate in. One of the ways we do this has been to develop a volunteering programme, which will support employees in the contribution of time and skills to community initiatives. This can be as part of a team day or using business skills to help a charitable organisation. In addition to our volunteering programme protecting the environment is something that we feel passionately about.
We are committed to implementing a responsible and sustainable attitude in all our corporate activities and have a dedicated team of employees ('the Green Team') who look at ways of reducing our impact upon the environment and introducing better practice through educating employees and suppliers.
Ebookers.com welcomes people from diverse backgrounds and with diverse experiences. By introducing new and innovative people to our company, irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, colour, religion or ethnic origin we incorporate their different perspectives and skills to enable us to achieve our ultimate aims as a company.
Can you make a difference?
We're always on the look out for like minded and talented individuals; not only to fill active requirements but also to ensure that we are in touch with people that we know could make a difference to our organisation at any point in the future! We like to provide our employees with the freedom, support and tools to excel in their chosen field. This is underpinned by our excellence based approach to performance that leaves no room for average or mediocre and we are strong in our belief that if something is worth doing then it is worth doing well.
Benefits
On top of everything that you've already read, ebookers.com offers competitive salaries and benefits packages which vary from location to location and of course we always encourage our employees to take advantage of the discounts we offer on all of our products.