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      Groupon

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      Groupon reviews

      2.8

      41% would recommend to a friend

      (4,362 total reviews)
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      Dusan Senkypl

      43% approve of CEO

      37% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.4

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.1

      Work/Life balance

      3.0

      Compensation and benefits

      2.8

      Culture & values

      2.7

      Career opportunities

      2.5

      Senior management

      Groupon has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 4,362 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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      4K reviews
      1.0
      Apr 28, 2017

      A Consistent Pattern of Disrespect

      Editorial
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      'Fun' work environment if you work in a department with a high turnover, you can basically get away with playing ping pong all day while other departments pick up your slack Bar downstairs to complain in after work 'Flexible' 'unlimited' time-off schedule, unless you exceed 15 days off in which case you'll have to plead your case as to why you deserve to have a life outside of the coupon factory

      Cons

      Half off your deal AND your salary Taking advantage of temps/outsourcing crucial roles/teams to third world countries to make the shareholders happy Hands off management due to promoting based on nepotism and favoritism

      1.0
      Apr 19, 2017

      A mistake

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Standard tech company benefits like free soda and funky furniture.

      Cons

      My manager was completely incompetent. Luckily he has since left the company. Some of the people I worked with here were very conniving and threw their teams under the bus in order to score a few points from management. Groupon tried to bill itself as "the next Amazon" but did not have the engineering talent or management structure to support that claim. Instead, you got a lot of horrible leaders who were only in their position because they happened to be there when Groupon was growing. As a result, GRPN (at least in engineering) was a revolving door. I saw several people start with enthusiasm only to leave after a month. Now that the company is older and clearly is not the next Amazon, you would expect that they would change their management style and try to retain engineers, but from what I have heard they are actually doubling down on the aggressive "bro" culture and shipping jobs to India or Ireland.

      4.0
      Feb 25, 2017

      Great place to work, but still improving

      Software engineer-ii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      If willing to put forth the effort, management seems very open to listening. Also, lead numerous projects where I am able to make decisions that have an impact on the engineering and business bottom line

      Cons

      Still trying to shed its previous image of daily deals to become something more strategic. Also, Wall Street not able to give Groupon a break

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