Avoid at all costs - no investment in employees - Anonymous employee Groupon Employee Review

1.0
17 Aug 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Amazing people Great team spirit Casual dress

Cons

Poor management and the strings were pulled from the US - seemed like they didn't realise EMEA was a separate continent at times. Very tight with budget and would only approve a very small amount for our Christmas party - which as a result we had to have in March. Managers told candidates what they wanted to hear in order to get them in the door. Then when hired, they saw what it was really like and they were only able to work on one small aspect of the platform. Gave more stock to offset basic - stock has dropped from approx $12 to $5 so will definitely low ball at offer stage. Salaries compared to others on the market were very low Broken promises constantly - office move pushed out 3 or 4 times over 1.5 years. Very unclear strategy and management As a result of all of this they had a lot of attrition and lost amazingly talented people.

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5.0
2 Jan 2026
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Pros

Learned a great deal here. My first big guy job and the responsibilities kept me focused and motivated. I grew a lot as a person at Groupon as well

Cons

Not many cons. People are really cool.

2.0
11 Jun 2026
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Pros

Gaining experience targeting multiple industries

Cons

Management doesn’t care about you. Unrealistic goals. Everyone at 30-40% of quota. Complicated quota attainment system. Your job is to ask for 70% of margins for small businesses that have only 10-15% margin budgets

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