Groupon Reviews

Pros

Leadership Communication Company culture Investment in remote working

Cons

Tough market during Covid Tendency to add unnecessary complexity to systems and processes

Pros

1.) The people at Groupon are amazing for the most part. Your peers will lift you up and work cooperatively. The same goes for most of your direct management. 2.) The flexibility is great. As long as your work is done timely and well, no one seems to care if you're putting in 40 hours. 3.) Good benefits. Other than unlimited PTO (which has pros and cons), I would say Groupon's benefits package is average.

Cons

1.) Very little upward mobility. The company talks about career progression a lot, but isn't proactive about retaining its workforce. Promote people when they do great work, give them titles and raises commensurate with the new responsibilities they take on. 2.) Pay in general. It is on the low-end of competitive unless you are in product & engineering or high levels of management. 3.) Company talks a lot about culture and they have created a dynamic workforce, but the institution itself doesn't do much of the heavy lifting when it comes to improvements. That all comes from employees going above and beyond.

Pros

- Challenging subject-matter (if you are in a technical role) - Groupon encourages personal and professional development - Focus on D&I initiatives - Flexible work-schedule + work-life balance - Unlimited PTO - Lots of great perks

Cons

- Lots of growing pains as the company has adjusted to the pandemic - New hire onboarding needs improvement for product & engineering hires

Pros

It remains a great business concept - we own the local market - and some very smart people work(ed) here - or did, before they were laid off, or got smart and left. A few smart loyalists left though.

Cons

The worst churn I’ve ever seen. Leadership finds a ‘whim’ to follow (with no actual diligence/sizing) mandates a timeline without understanding feasibility, then let’s it run (poorly) for 15 minutes before deciding it didn’t work & starting the process anew. And it’s ALL in silo’s - so the ‘matrix’ org means it’s happening 360 degrees around you - and should you object to the 80hr weeks - you aren’t dedicated “and should get off the bus” (actual quote from leadership.) Add a 10x to however frustrating you could envision that to be & you’re close. Also people are leaving in droves, and those left are all doing 3-4 of there peers old jobs (with no change in pay) while using their spare time to job hunt...