Airbnb Employees Speak Out About Bullying and ‘Toxic’ Work Environment

Re:Airbnb Employees Speak Out About Bullying and ‘Toxic’ Wor... by chx on Sunday May 28, 2017 @04:35AM (#14433552)

One data point does not make a whole lot but let me point this out: https://www.airbnb.ca/rooms/8618464 this here is a shit road side motel. I cancelled it when I realized and I reported it but it's still there more than a year later. It's trivial to check what it is: there are no houses at the junction. https://goo.gl/maps/WsPwXxa22ho

If you check the hosts' reviews it turns out he is airbnb'ing out the hotel rooms of his father all over Israel. This is blatantly visible and yet Airbnb lets it. Samples: "The staff at the hotel" "The place is more like a cheap hotel or a hostel (not a "home" like other Airbnb places I've rented in the past). "

My trip was awesome nonetheless, brief report http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/25981843-post8.html here.

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Re:Airbnb Employees Speak Out About Bullying and ‘Toxic’ Wor... by bigbugbag on Sunday May 28, 2017 @05:44AM (#14433711)

AirBnB is known for having illegal listings and keeping them because profit, while also quietly removing them right before legal trouble or to sanitize their books before showing them.

http://www.businessinsider.com/airbnb-deleted-rentals-before...

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Re:Airbnb Employees Speak Out About Bullying and ‘Toxic’ Wor... by ubikretail on Sunday May 28, 2017 @05:47AM (#14433716)

I quit AirBnB as they pushed me to accept the new terms or either chase them on the email to cancel my property offer.

It happened that some people came by saying they had just reserved, and I told them I had nothing to offer. It's been +2 months and my room is still there. I am talking about foreign people finding they have no place to sleep.

AirBnB doesn't care, as long as they have stock to bait.

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Re:Airbnb Employees Speak Out About Bullying and ‘Toxic’ Wor... by ig1 on Sunday May 28, 2017 @10:09AM (#14434419)

As far as I know AirBnB isn't restricted to private homes other than in specific cites which have legal restrictions, non-residential premises are allowed (on the listing you link to in question it's marked as a B&B rather than a private house).

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