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      2.9

      43% would recommend to a friend

      (4,353 total reviews)
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      Dusan Senkypl

      45% approve of CEO

      39% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.4

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.2

      Work/Life balance

      3.0

      Compensation and benefits

      2.8

      Culture & values

      2.8

      Career opportunities

      2.6

      Senior management

      Groupon has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 4,353 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Groupon employee rating is 25% below average for employers within the Tecnologia da informação industry (3.9 stars).

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      4K reviews
      2.0
      May 18, 2019

      Not an engineer's place to be

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good culture, events, activities, nice kitchen with loads of junk snacks .

      Cons

      If you are an engineer and looking for long term prospects, this is not a place you want to be. Lots of politics and bureaucracy. No matter how good you are, if you are not in good terms with higher management, forget about promotion. Once you join, you will quickly realise that SDE1,2and3 are all internally software engineers. But recruiters sell SDE3 as senior engineer while hiring. SDE4 is actually a senior engineer. Also don't be surprised if you find SDE3's earning more than SDE4. And your compensation might also vary based on team you are joining. You will be offered bonus and stocks as part of your CTC but its wise not to consider them at all. Groupon stock keeps on reaching its new low. And bonus, if you are really lucky you might get 30-40% of the amount mentioned. Bonus calculation, which compromises of company's and your own performance, is flawed. Company's performance takes precedence over your own, its not distributed 50-50. For ex - If company's performance is 50% and ours is 100%, you will only get 100% of 50% (Not 75%) Managers and business organisations are changed frequently. So its not very uncommon to have 3-4 managers over a year. No solid engineering plan in place. No roadmaps, not clear transparency. S-team is only focused on teams that makes money for business, all other teams are treated as B-teams. My personal view - Groupon is a nice place to be for short term but definitely not for a long term perspective.

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      Groupon Response
      6y
      Thank you for your feedback-- we appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts with us. We agree: we've created a great culture at Groupon. However, we're sorry to hear about your experience with compensation and management. You're right, salary bands are in place for teams, so employee compensation will always fall within a specific, predetermined range. Any differences between salaries on a team are due to a variety of factors, including performance, which is assessed annually. We definitely have had changes in management recently, with the goal of long term success in mind. We're excited about our long term vision to become the daily habit in local commerce, and the journey to get there. Whether it’s acting on feedback we receive from our employee satisfaction surveys, or developing training for our managers, we're proactively taking steps to make Groupon a great place to work. Thanks again for your feedback and best of luck to you!
      1.0
      Jun 29, 2018

      No Job security at groupon bangalore. It is a production Support company

      Sde-iii
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      1. Decent work life balance 2. Easy going peers

      Cons

      1. It is production support engineering organisation just supporting some legacy applications. 2. Not much learning for an engineer-whether you come as SDE2 or SDE3 or SDE4 3. Highly volatile environment. Most engineers who get hired do not get any work for 8-9 months. Half of them might be asked to leave. 4. No clarity on work expectation from senior folks. You join and contribute to whatever you can.

      4.0
      May 15, 2017

      Business Development Representative

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great Culture! Great sales training! Managers Care about reps Good commission structure Great work life balance (no mandatory OT, personal choice)

      Cons

      Leads can be delighted poorly Headquarters office doesn't always communicate with Phoenix office A lot of meetings... Too many reps per a manager, over worked a little Hard to move up

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      Groupon Response
      8y
      Thank you for your feedback! We’re happy to hear you are enjoying working at Groupon and glad you’re with us! There is more we can do to ensure that all of our offices feel connected to each other, so we will continue to work on communication, recognition, and branding to make sure that all Groupon employees—regardless of their work location—feel connected to the Groupon experience. Keep up the great work!
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