OpenTable reviews

4.0

74% would recommend to a friend

(125 total reviews)
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Debby Soo

76% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

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1.0
Dec 27, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Flex hours, good commissions and compensations, RSU, easy job, You get to be invited to fun global conference if you achieve yearly target.

Cons

Management seems to only care about HQ and not adapting to local needs. Company got too big and it moves very slow. Slow release cycle is damaging the business while local competitors are moving fast and growing. Job is very easy, easy tasks,,, it gets board and lose motivations. Slow management-decision making process

4.0
Dec 13, 2016

Fun Culture

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Laid back work office, great culture, like-minded coworkers, great incentives and decent commission. Lots of vacation, can work from home sometimes too!

Cons

Not much room for growth, office cliques- very catty, if you don't fit in with culture you will not do well

2.0
Nov 24, 2016

Great folks, but overall mediocre

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The best part about OpenTable is the company culture and the people. Your colleagues are approachable and a delight to work with on a day-to-day basis. The company also throws fun happy hours and parties to allow you to get to know your colleagues and enjoy each other's company. The company's products and future vision is much more practical and well-defined under Christa's leadership.

Cons

The company is very cheap. The systems are severely outdated, which creates a lot of manual work. Efficiency is not a priority and never discussed. The common complaints to why the company does not have the basic necessities is "it's not in the budget." I imagine this is because the Priceline Group examines every single penny the company is spending. Growth opportunities and promotions are determined closely linked to how close you are with your manager rather than merit. Despite making repeated cases for a promotion or a growth plan, your manager holds the key to whether you get to move up or have the support to foster growth in your role. This is quite a contradictory vision given that the People & Culture team emphasizes how much employee growth matters, but the team does absolutely nothing to enforce this. The company also needs to invest in mandatory manager training (again - cheap!) to establish some sort of uniformity. A lot of folks have moved into manager or team lead positions who have not managed teams before because of high turnover rates the company experienced in 2014 and 2015. Compensation and benefits are severely below market. My salary is 50%+ higher at my new company for the same role. The company is very far from being competitive from other bay area tech companies.

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