Welcome to hell - Software Development Engineer (SDE) III Groupon Employee Review

1.0
May 10, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Relatively competative salary but they'll make sure to milk you for what they pay.

Cons

Micromanagement hell. You have to fill timesheet daily where tasks cannot exceed 4hr per task. Then fill weekly report on the work. Apart from regular daily standups, you have mid sprint reviews, sprint demos. EVERY sprint you are overloaded by underestimating the tasks by design. To top this off, you are made to do 24x7 on call support WITHOUT extra pay, and expected to complete sprint tasks. Managers are the worst. It feels like a they were hired from a set of construction contractors rather than software companies. Also the company is failing financially and cutting costs everywhere. Bottomline: A failing company with no growth where you are overworked and micromanaged with ZERO work life balance

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5.0
Jan 2, 2026
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Pros

Learned a great deal here. My first big guy job and the responsibilities kept me focused and motivated. I grew a lot as a person at Groupon as well

Cons

Not many cons. People are really cool.

3.0
Jul 13, 2026
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Pros

People, leniency, unlimited pto, casual work environment

Cons

Disconnected leadership makes working here extremely frustrating. Changes are made that don’t directly help anything.

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