Groupon Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"I worked for Groupon Goods from September 2016 to June 2020. It is a progressive company and adapts well to change. It provides a diverse and positive environment for growth for its associates. I recommend the company to anyone."

"great company! I would recommend to anyone looking for a fun place to work."

"I have worked for Groupon for close to 2 years and have thoroughly enjoyed my experience. The people are really smart and fun to work with, and you get to own a significant part of the product that you would probably not get at other big tech companies"

"Great team, very focused on perfection."

"The last 4 years at Groupon has tremendously enhanced my professional, and personal life. Groupon has also been dedicated to my professional development through leadership trainings, engaging seminars, and ambitious culture. Overall, I am excited to bring the experiences, values, and professional skills that I have learned here to another organization where we can continue to grow and develop passionate and enthusiastic employees."

"The engineering organization at Groupon is truly world-class. The technologies used are modern and fun, and the problems faced are challenging and equally rewarding. There are many opportunities for growth and strong values are lived every day by your peers and managers alike."

"I worked for Groupon from the beginning in Europe after my previous experiences in building a start up."

"Groupon uses an agile process. This means fast pace and documentation is not always there. They use an open seating so tI can get noisy at times. Work hours were flexible but had core hours. Lunch was provided for emplyees at no cost. Company is presently experiencing growing problems with getting software out with funcionality and reliability desired."

"Great Experience, don't want to do it again."

What do you like about working at Groupon?

"lots of autonomy, great boss. Just starting to get supporting the sales staff with collateral."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Sales reps beware!"

What don't you like about working at Groupon?

"I did not like the constant conflict between city planning and the reps."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The lead system is broken for developed markets. The commission structure is not an incentive."

What do you like about working at Groupon?

"Start-up Culture in the beginning was great but slowly faded away as Groupon rapidly grew. If your out of college or in your early twenties its a great job and your working with like-minded individuals."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Just know it can be hit or miss at Groupon. It all depends on who your direct supervisor is and the market your given. Often talent is overlooked and not rewarded which has caused many of their top sales reps to leave the company."

What don't you like about working at Groupon?

"Upper management expected all of their markets to grow 10% month over month. These expectations were held in every single market when it was obvious that Groupon had already started to plateau in most markets."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Groupon grew so quickly that upper management had a difficult time containing it. They adjusted by promoting top sales reps to management strictly based on performance not taking into consideration leadership/management skills. This led to a group of kids running the company..."

"Great office environment and team."

What do you like about working at Groupon?

"The company is young and has the start-up feel in Palo Alto office. Able to meet lot of talented people from various startups."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Always prepare for the typical interview questions and rehearsal multiple times."

What don't you like about working at Groupon?

"Teams from different companies that Groupon acquired are working in very different projects. Thus sometimes groups of members don't feel like a cohesive team."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The management is visionary and focus on the goals. Feel good on them."

What do you like about working at Groupon?

"Startup like environment, lot of space to innovate, constantly changing"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Show how innovative you are, learn about the industry and the company before an interview"

What don't you like about working at Groupon?

"still a lot of work needed to engage with the international branches"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"More hands-on on culture development and team building connecting people national and international"

What do you like about working at Groupon?

"The people that used to be fun and nice and"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Care more about the employee rather than sales department only"

What do you like about working at Groupon?

"The culture is great, young people, great money, great opportunity for growth."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Hard work definitely gets noticed, it's just that when you move territories, it's mostly a lateral move. The potential to make more money is there, but it takes time every time you move positions. Most people want management opportunities, but only a select few are chosen internally, but mostly they are hired from the outside, which is a BIG confidence bust."

What don't you like about working at Groupon?

"The micromanagement is getting to a point where it is ridiculous. Many of us joined the company in the early stages to have more autonomy, but now everything is so suppressed that it is making the employees less efficient. Also, the micromanaged requirements change based on how the company is performing on every particular day/week."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"It's hard to say, the dynamic and extraordinary growth has put the company in a tough position. The current situations that we are dealing with as employees are necessary for the company to survive. If I could have done anything about it, I would not have let the company grow as quickly as it did and also go through the IPO as quickly as we did."

"very aggresive on sales"

What do you like about working at Groupon?

"Ability to work on your own and very nice support from the company"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Need to be a rode lover and very organized on your on time."

What don't you like about working at Groupon?

"to many changes in one 1 period the pay structure changed to many times."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be more creative in order to incentive the account executives"