No career progression, underpaid, corrupted work culture - Anonymous employee Groupon Employee Review

2.0
Jul 17, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Casual dress code, friendly environment, nice office, flat hierarchy

Cons

No career progression opportunities unless you are married or engaged to one of the members of the upper management team, underpaid and expected to work long hours without any over time payments, employees who are good at sucking it up can be transferred easily to the APAC team and can look upon you althought they do not have enough expertise or technical knowledge, middle and upper managers are not equipped with relevant technical knowledge and skillbase, frequent restructuring processes and as a result, redundant people, although the number of employees are around 220, more than 750 people were employed within the last 2 years (just to show you the turnaround), useless HR, all they do is hiring and firing, that is all ! , no job secuirty

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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.

1.0
Jul 6, 2026
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Pros

Likely to file for bankruptcy soon.

Cons

Driven by executive greed Dishonest and deceptive practices Preys on new naive startup businesses Employees are treated as disposable commodities

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