Full of talented, hard working people who don't know if there is a future at the company
Pros
There are many decent, hard-working, good people who work there, and they do allow a lot of flexibility in hours. There's a very shiny, outer image that the company projects that does make it look good on a resume.
Cons
The main problem with Groupon is they fell into a classic business mistake of putting all their effort on growth, and nothing on infrastructure to promote that growth or the retaining of personnel to continue that growth. As a result, whether you are employed in sales, or are a details writer, or even in customer service, you find your work process constantly changing in a seemingly desperate attempt to keep up with demand or patch holes that were never foreseen. This makes the day-to-day much more stressful than it should be for the average employee. Further, Groupon has not been very good at improving morale or working to keep the people they have. As you might infer from the submitted employee salaries, pay for comparable positions are below the well industry standard almost across the board, with meager to no pay increases annually for performance. In addition, there is almost no ability to move out of your current position that you are in, other than into a management position for your same position. Lastly, the very public negative press related to the company, such as the CEO and Founder, Andrew Mason, being fired, gives one a sense that Groupon is a sinking ship and that the company, and your job, could go under at any minute. It really is a tragedy - there are many very talented young people working there, something almost any company would envy, and they feel like there is no future for them or the company. There's so much potential, but the systematic problems are not using them to the f
