A startup with a mission - Devops Engineer Wanderu Employee Review

Wanderu is one of those places where you have to believe in the mission to succeed there. The travel industry has some big players but Wanderu is tackling the challenge of ground travel, something Trip Advisor, Kayak and others have neglected. In my four years of employment at Wanderu, I have learned much about what it takes to start a company, run that company, drive to success and the challenges that come along the way. Wanderu's executive team has done an excellent job of inspiring people to follow our founders' vision, finding the appropriate funding/VCs and seeking out new opportunities to continue our growth. Along the way, we have created a small, efficient team of highly motivated and intelligent developers, designers, deal closers and customer servicers. We all enjoy every aspect of the business and we frequently collaborate across those roles to make ourselves more efficient. To help in that process, we have quarterly hack weeks with prizes for the biggest impact project. We don't have a swanky office with sleep pods or wall-length TVs but simply because we operate in a cost-conscious manner. We have dashboards for keeping track of important stats, a Nintendo, Wii and Sega Genesis that have been donated by employees. A couple times a year, we go out on hike/ski trips. We are a bunch of foodies and have a handful of potluck dinner events throughout the year as well.