Groupon reviews

2.8

41% would recommend to a friend

(4,360 total reviews)
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Dusan Senkypl

43% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

Groupon has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 4,360 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Groupon employee rating is 27% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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2.0
May 12, 2016

confused about direction

Anonymous employee
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Pros

nice offices, free food & drinks, plenty of fun team members below management level, great salary, no dress code

Cons

the goals change with the months and they don't seem to want to finish any projects before trying to rally teams behind something else. management is always reshuffling and not a lot of room for career growth unless someone leaves the company. also has all the worst challenges of working for amazon, with very few of the pros.

2.0
May 8, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Amazing experience in the beginning Lots of pair programming, learning, excited to go to work everyday Flexible schedule, great benefits Working remotely

Cons

Poor management will always hamstring their technology. Saw it go from being a tech company to a marketing company in about 2 years. Went from being the darling of web 2.0 e-commerce to the punchline of jokes and the internet's own dollar store all due to the poor leadership and misguidance. Management tried to expand to every country they could while not even having a solid North American platform Poor communication between teams Managers who manage managers You're a VP of what? All I do is watch you drink coffee and talk to the people around you all day Hiring and interview practices are all over the place. Often times they person has a scheduling conflict and calls in someone else to conduct the interview, often from a different team, who has no idea about the position the person in question is interviewing for. Just a complete disorganized mess masquerading as a real company.

2.0
Feb 29, 2016

Editorial/Marketing

Anonymous employee
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Pros

At first, the environment was fantastic. Writers and editors were trusted and given plenty of room to experiment, do great work, and branch out into other creative areas. A truly lively, diverse department filled with hilarious, talented, and brilliant people.

Cons

Absolutely no opportunities for growth, increasingly unreasonable daily quotas, and out-of-touch upper management that put too much pressure on editorial management (and, in turn, created a culture of hostility) and didn't value the department's contributions. Also, low pay in proportion to the expectation.

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