UPDATE: Within two hours of this post appearing, TripAdvisor curiously pulled both of the video clips from YouTube. The clips also featured in the company’s own YouTube channel.
TripAdvisor says it “found out” the video was on YouTube and took it down. The clip wasn’t ready yet and hadn’t gone through the full vetting process, a spokesman says. Amazingly a production person in TripAdvisor had posted in prematurely.
TripAdvisor is either on a recruitment drive or has turned into one of those companies that likes to create quirky and edgy videos to show off how, err, quirky and edgy it is.
Or both.
The human resources video from the folk at TripAdvisor was uploaded to YouTube this week and paints a heartwarmingly upbeat picture of life at work for the user review giant and its string of subsidiaries.
The five-minute clip (thankfully there is also 30-second version) features all manner of staffers from chief executive Stephen Kaufer and advertising boss Robin Ingle to business development director Nathan Clapton and a whole host of engineers and marketing people.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcVn18keeE8
No sign of the Snarky Owl.
Quite remarkable.
Thought it wouldn’t hurt to also show what a group of young employees – all Sabre summer internship alumni – put together about 4 months ago for future intern & university recruiting efforts. It was a scrappy effort, but still a good one.
http://www.vimeo.com/6850598
Not travel related, but perhaps one of the most creative recruiting videos in recent memory. Yale undergrads & recent alumni produced, directed, wrote, filmed, scored & acted in “That’s Why I Chose Yale” http://j.mp/8cNk9s – Not sure if it is an extended music video or a short broadway show, but it is not your typical recruiting video…
Would think some hotel chains or destinations could get inspired and create creatively original videos based on much more interesting travel content as opposed to residence halls, dining options, clubs and academics.
Confused…wasn’t Trip Advisor sued recently by their employees that worked at home because they were not getting the same benefits?! Just the fact that they were working at home…whoooo is watching the store? not giving me a warm fuzzy feeling about the company.
[Editor's note: the case you refer to was instigated in the summer of 2008. Read more about it here]
I’ll be damned interested to see how this turns out, considering.