Horrible employer! Ran a reputable company into the ground. - Humanitarian Travel Consultant Key Travel Employee Review

1.0
20 Apr 2021
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Pros

Absolutely nothing that I can think of. Key Travel is run by money hungry, irresponsible people who do not care about their customers or their employees.

Cons

Complete indifference to the way staff are treated. No clue what they are doing. Took a well known, reputable company and ran it into the ground, destroying its North American prescence.

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Key Travel Response
4y
Thank you for your review, we're sorry to hear you have left Key Travel with these negative feelings. Transitions following acquisitions can be difficult for those involved, especially when having to learn more structured, data driven ways of working. We certainly are not money hungry, however we are a business and therefore it would be irresponsible to all those working at Key Travel and our customers if we did not ensure we continually look for ways to lower costs and increase efficiency. However we would never do this at the expense of the service we deliver. Our presence in North America has continued to grow and we have been continuing to support our customers through this pandemic. In fact, we're actively recruiting in the US. Our people make Key Travel what it is. There is a strong culture of support and pitching in whilst aiming to provide the best service for our internal and external customers. Average tenure is 8 years and we do have a culture based on compassion which we are proud of. In our most recent global employee engagement survey we scored and employee engagement score of 69% which compares with a global average of 41% for all sectors (across 160 countries involving 80m responses). Employee satisfaction was up in every single category in the survey and we will work hard to ensure we not only maintain this but also work to continue improving.

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5.0
30 Apr 2024
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Pros

Key Travel has a very cohesive executive team that is committed to ensuring all aspects of the company strive toward category leadership . And, employees are among the most dedicated and passionate I have seen in my work experience. Communication is honest, frequent, and has a single goal in mind of enhancing the customer experience. There is also considerable energy to enhancing and optimizing the employee experience as well, to ensure retention, job satisfaction, and recruiting success. Considerable investments have been made in 24/7 teams, technology, and multi-channel contact methods.

Cons

A very competitive space, so balancing growth and investment with often changing market and people conditions can be a challenge. This is apparent with all travel businesses, at this time of increasing complexity in the industry and around the world.

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Key Travel Response
1y
Hi there, thanks for your feedback. We agree our colleagues are excellent and at the heart of making Key a success. Our proprietary technology is built for this sector and award winning.
1.0
8 Apr 2020
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Wish I could come up with some but it’s frankly impossible.

Cons

Having been in this industry for a very long time, I’ve never come across an executive team that is more dishonest, untrustworthy and so blatantly obvious that they are all about their personal gains. It’s very disappointing because it could have been a great company that did great things. When I say ‘executive team’ I want to be clear that I’m speaking to the NA President and the Global CEO. They also brought their friends into the circle, but because of lack of space - and lack of giving a crap - I won’t mention them here. (You know who you are KB). This was seriously the most toxic and sexist environment I’ve ever worked in. That this type of behavior and overall working conditions can still exist in today’s environment - boggles my mind. A lot of very, very good and qualified people worked here who were run off because of the horrible working conditions. The two ‘new’ senior leaders completely changed the company - in a very negative way- very quickly and it’s a downright shame. Employees deserve much better. The customers deserve much better. It’s a sad outcome.

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