Overall Engaging and Fun Company
Pros
-Excellent work life balance: work from home every other week, occasional Friday leave early, unlimited time off (most people take off 25-35 days per year), not expected to bring work home. -High pay: If you hit your numbers and take advantage of the additional sales competitions/incentives/pilots, you could make upwards of six figures for the year. -People: Overall working with engaged, excited and driven people that come from unique backgrounds/experience. Regular team outings and easy to make lifelong friends at this company. -Company does a good job of promoting healthy conversations with managers about career development/growth and always does engagement surveys and is constantly trying to improve (though if they are actually improving can sometimes be questionable). -Company does care about their employees: fun activities around the office such as Tiffany Haddish visiting for Groupon's 10 year, summer/holiday parties, Groupon Week, promoting volunteer days, catered lunches, etc. -In general a cool brand/product to work for, very well known if moving to a new position outside of Groupon where most are familiar with the name.
Cons
-Like any sales position, a lot of communication can be very unclear and misleading where they bounce from project to project and quickly give up on ones they start. -Favoritism across reps - many managers will pick their favorite reps and help them get promoted quickly but not help others. If you are well liked, it is easy to succeed, and if you are not well liked, you might be lightly pushed out the door. Many Sales Managers can be pretty cliquey and talk about sales reps behind their backs to other members on their team or in the department which doesn't always promote a healthy culture. -Questionable integrity: Multiple issues with sales reps not getting paid the correct amount and no upper management catching it. Sales reps will sometimes have to go the extra mile to itemize everything they should be getting paid for which seems unsettling. Most do not trust the commission tracking but there's no clear way of knowing if you are paid correct or not. -Cross department communication issues - like any large company can be frustrating to work with other departments who have different priorities/deadlines, but more frustrating when in sales and a lot of your paycheck can rely on other departments.
