Groupon reviews

2.8

41% would recommend to a friend

(4,355 total reviews)
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Dusan Senkypl

44% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

Groupon has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 4,355 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Groupon employee rating is 27% below average for employers within the Tecnologia da informação industry (3.9 stars).

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4K reviews
1.0
Jul 23, 2014
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

No dress code, unlimited paid vacation days. Very laid back atmosphere.

Cons

Basically they started hiring 25 yr olds to become district managers Who mostly promoted and moved their "friends" to better territories. Very much like a college atmosphere, as others have stated. I understand that change is inevitable, but something literally changed at least every week. Goals increased dramatically with no explanation, micromanaged, good place to work if you're straight out of college but only if you absolutely can't find anything else. otherwise not a good career move. An example of how terrible this place is: I exceeded my yearly target and was promoted to Senior Account Executive because of it, yet while I'm on a one on one with my manager and he's congratulating me and telling me the great news he also gives me a written warning for not meeting that months goal..... During the same meeting. A promotion and a written warning in the same sitting. Made no sense! Worst place to work unless you don't care about your career and just can't let go of your college years. Plus, who even buys Groupons anymore?

4.0
Jun 11, 2014

Account Exec

Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Casual work environment. Good pay if you close top business. Work life balance is decent depending on what market you work on, and what time zone you work in if you are in Inside Sales.

Cons

Lot of red tape and inefficiencies in the lead-distribution system/CRM. Leads and prospects for new hires can be undesirable. More intense focus on micromanaging activity.

5.0
May 20, 2014

Real Truth about Groupon

Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

- Fun, energetic group of staff - Casual dress code - Great atmosphere with constant ad-hoc events around the office - Flexible working & work from Home (role dependant) - Opportunity to contribute to global growing business (not maintaining someone else's work) - Opportunity to work with peers in different countries & expand knowledge base (role dependant) - Paid sick days - Benefits that support key life decisions (wedding bonus & baby bonus) - Company promotes diversity ( PRIDE & Women groups) - Paid time off to volunteer for causes I should start by saying that this is not a 9-6 Company. If you are looking for a Company where you show up at 9 do your bit then leave at 6 on the nose this is probably not the best environment for you. This Company has been around for 4.5 years in Europe and what originally started as many individual entities has since started to transition to a single global organisation. A transition of this size & scope there are ultimately going to be challenges and frustrations- but there is also countless opportunities to have impact on the Company you work within and to gain a number of professional skills along the way. Money is being invested into management training for all people managers and with the new EMEA management leaders a bigger focus is being placed on employees. They encourage diversity, community and team events and teams receive training based on the changing needs of the organisation. After reading the other posts my unbiased opinion is that people have valid feedback however I think they are genuinely missing the size of the project at hand. Aligning 20+ countries in Europe to the globals objectives takes a lot of time and often one project needs to be completed in order to enable another. I have seen the Company with no benefits and rewards (every person in every position was paid below market) to a Company that matches market in terms of base comp (most roles) and also offers good benefits. I am very confident that this offering with continue to grow with the business. I highly recommend working here but stress it is for specific personality types. It is very challenging with constantly changing goal posts and deliverables. There can be long hours, lack of transparency and a general lack of communication and understanding between departments. But as someone who thrives in this environment I like the challenge of making it better, which I can see my role does.

Cons

- Could have better holiday allowance - Some office furniture needs replacing The main cons of the org stems from general communication between teams and business units. There are some staff (managers & front line) who have a real "blame" approach to issues and instead of working together to resolve issues (in a positive way) they rather blame everyone else and allow for that negativity to spread to the rest of their team. Also communication could be better from our Senior leaders on why we make (or don't make) the decisions we do. Giving us more context about why the business didn't do something is just as important as tell us why it did.

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