Groupon reviews

2.9

43% would recommend to a friend

(4,354 total reviews)
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Dusan Senkypl

45% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

Groupon has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 4,354 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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1.0
Feb 28, 2015

You can do better...

Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

-great place to network with younger people just moving to the city -good stepping stone in between college and a real sales job. Can spend a year here training and networking then leverage your year of cold call experience elsewhere -wear whatever you'd like -free drinks -motel bar in the lobby

Cons

-unlimited pto is a front. Just a way to not pay you out on it when you inevitably leave -incompetent and unmotivated management starting at the top. Very disheartening to see how little management cares about the customer or employees. -slow moving bureaucratic org structure. As a developer or someone who wants their ideas to be heard, this is not the place to be -commissions are bad but the base salary and career path for sales reps are even worse. Not a living wage in Chicago -you will be required to work late every night in sales -management operates under the belief that people are more motivated by fear of losing their job as opposed to a reward -you have to accept the fact from day one that you're replaceable. You will be reminded of this by your sales manager frequently. "There's 100s of hungry reps begging for your seat downstairs in training if you don't want to fall in line" is the theme

1.0
Feb 4, 2015
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

They payed consistently. You can dress however you want. The first few months on the job are easy.

Cons

Horrible work life balance, average new employee works well over 40 hours a week. Occasionally there is mandatory overtime that is unpaid. Constant shifting of metrics and what matters for sales. Managers micro-manage to no end. A typical day looks like this: 1. Come in and answer emails. 2. Go to a morning meeting where your manager tells you that everyone is not doing enough. 3. Make 50-60 dials to businesses that hate Groupon (because Groupon calls them EVERY DAY until they say YES.) 4. Take a quick lunch 5. Mid-afternoon meeting where you are once again told your team is not doing well enough. This time with a completely pointless activity. 6. Make a million more calls. 7. Leave an hour late. There is no 401k matching. The biggest con I can list is how the workforce is split up. This company hires upwards of 50 salespeople a month. Because at least that many quit every single month. If you got into Groupon as a sales rep more than 1 year ago you can make money, everyone else cannot. Don't work here. It's pointless. It's not even a good reference to have on your resume any more because they hire literally anyone that can speak. Oh yeah, the "unlimited time off" requires you to have ONE MONTH advance notice to take 1 day off. So good luck using that. If you are a frat boy or sorority girl you will love it though. Also this place is going down. They have sullied their name so poorly that the bubble has already burst and they just try to make it look like they make money.

1.0
Jan 26, 2015

sucks

Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

nothing at all. do not go with groupon

Cons

everything. no leadership. frat boys galore

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