In 2026 OT decided to "quiet fire" their lowest performing employees instead of a layoff - Staff Engineer OpenTable Employee Review

Many staff have been there for many years which means you could easily be working with colleagues who have been working there for 5, 10, or 20 years. While this sounds good, largely, those colleagues have built ivory towers and do not like change. Because they have job security they also don't mind verbally bullying newer colleagues either privately or in meetings, etc.