About Agoda
At Agoda, we bridge the world through travel. Our story began in 2005, when two lifelong friends and entrepreneurs, driven by their passion for travel, launched Agoda to make it easier for everyone to explore the world.
Today, we are part of Booking Holdings [NASDAQ: BKNG], with a diverse team of over 7,000 people from 90 countries, working together in offices around the globe. Every day, we connect people to destinations and experiences, with our great deals across our millions of hotels and holiday properties, flights, and experiences worldwide.
No two days are the same at Agoda. Data and technology are at the heart of our culture, fueling our curiosity and innovation. If you’re ready to begin your best journey and help build travel for the world, join us.
The Opportunity
This role will be part of the People Help Desk team, supporting Level 1 service requests from Agodans. The successful candidate will have an opportunity to gain hands-on experience across a wide range of HR domains and help enhance our service desk.
- Be the first point of contact for People-related inquiries and requests across multiple channels (email, chat, Zendesk, self-service, automations).
- Gain hands-on exposure across People/HR domains (e.g., HRIS data, onboarding, benefits, time & attendance, mobility, policies, general inquiries).
- Contribute to a service culture that balances speed, accuracy, and empathy to improve the day-to-day experience of Agodans.
In This Role, You’ll Get To
- Provide clear, timely Tier 1 resolutions; triage and escalate to Tier 2 when appropriate.
- Manage the Help Desk queue to meet service standards for responsiveness, accuracy, and quality.
- Identify, diagnose, categorize, and document requests/incidents; resolve known issues using SOPs and knowledge articles.
- Execute routine transactions reliably (e.g., data updates, verifications, information requests) with strong data integrity and confidentiality.
- Maintain and improve team knowledge base content to drive self-service and first-reply resolution.
- Spot patterns and trends in tickets; partner with subject matter experts to recommend process, policy, or tooling improvements.
- Communicate with empathy and professionalism, ensuring a positive employee experience in every interaction.
What You’ll Need to Succeed
- Employee experience mindset: service-oriented, empathetic, and consistent in balancing speed, accuracy, and integrity.
- Ownership and initiative: self-starter who follows through, closes loops, and raises improvement ideas with evidence.
- Communication: clear, concise English (written and verbal); explains policies in a friendly, practical way.
- Quality and detail: high accuracy in data entry, categorization, case notes, and knowledge updates.
- Collaboration: team-first approach; keeps stakeholders informed and shares learnings.
- Problem solving and analysis:
- Pattern recognition: connect recurring themes across tickets, data, and workflows.
- Perceptive judgment: ask clarifying questions, identify root causes, and distinguish policy, process, and system issues.
- Structured thinking: break problems into steps, apply SOPs, and document outcomes for reuse.
It’s Great If You Have
- Minimum of 1 year experience handling inquiries or requests in a fast-paced environment; familiarity with SOPs
- Bachelor's degree in human resources, Business Administration, or related field.
- Fluency in English.
- Experience in a similar position is an advantage.
- Any experience / comfortable using HRIS/ticketing tools.
Please review our Hiring Process Guidelines before your interview — click here to learn how interviewing at Agoda works.
Discover more about working at Agoda
- Agoda Careers https://careersatagoda.com
- Facebook https://www.facebook.com/agodacareers/
- LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/agoda
- YouTube https://www.youtube.com/agodalife
Equal Opportunity Employer
At Agoda, we pride ourselves on being a company represented by people of all different backgrounds and orientations. We prioritize attracting diverse talent and cultivating an inclusive environment that encourages collaboration and innovation. Employment at Agoda is based solely on a person’s merit and qualifications. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity regardless of sex, age, race, color, national origin, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, citizenship, veteran or military status, and other legally protected characteristics.
We will keep your application on file so that we can consider you for future vacancies and you can always ask to have your details removed from the file. For more details please read our privacy policy.
Disclaimer
We do not accept any terms or conditions, nor do we recognize any agency’s representation of a candidate, from unsolicited third-party or agency submissions. If we receive unsolicited or speculative CVs, we reserve the right to contact and hire the candidate directly without any obligation to pay a recruitment fee.
Skills Required
- At least 1 year of experience handling inquiries or requests in a fast-paced environment
- Familiarity with standard operating procedures
- Bachelor's degree in human resources, business administration, or a related field
- Fluency in English
- Experience in a similar position
- Experience using or comfort with HRIS and ticketing tools
Agoda Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Agoda and has not been reviewed or approved by Agoda.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible allowances like “Agoda Choice” are presented as customizable for health, learning, travel, fitness, or wellness, which can increase perceived value beyond base pay. Reimbursement-style options are also described as usable for a wide range of personal needs, from training to wellness expenses.
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Healthcare Strength — Health-related coverage is described as comprehensive, including medical and life insurance and, in some places, dental and vision. Mental-health and support resources such as an Employee Assistance Program and unlimited Headspace access are also highlighted.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Hybrid/remote arrangements and a work-from-anywhere style program are positioned as benefits that support work-life balance. Travel-related perks such as employee discounts and automatic Platinum membership add lifestyle value for employees who use the platform.
Agoda Insights
What We Do
Agoda is transforming travel for millions of customers across the globe. Headquartered in Asia, Agoda is one of the world’s largest online travel platforms. Founded in 2005 and now part of Booking Holdings (Nasdaq:BKNG), Agoda has a network of over 2,900,000 properties worldwide. Our web and mobile products provide a first-rate reservation service in 38 languages that uniquely combines local knowledge and local connections to provide the best deals for business and leisure travelers. Agoda employs over 7,000 professionals from 90 nationalities in locations around the globe. In every department – from engineering to customer experience – we provide an environment rich with creativity, collaboration, and experimentation, and the tools to work faster and smarter. At Agoda, we believe our people are our strength. We work hard and have fun, and we choose people who are dedicated to making things great. For properties seeking partnership with Agoda, visit https://connect.agoda.com
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