It could be better - Anonymous employee Groupon Employee Review

3.0
4 Jan 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Get to wear jeans to work everyday, free soda and vitamin water, flexible work schedule (i.e., 9am or 930am start), and no vacation policy. There is a lot of freedom to run with things because it still in a start-up mode. So there is a lot of chaos and need for processes which you can help implement if you have the energy.

Cons

Lack of leadership and guidance on how to get complex projects done and implement processes and systems. There is no professional development at all. They don't pay for continuing professional education credits. Extremely busy environment which prevents taking much vacation so the "no vacation policy" is pointless. Management lacks people skills and don't know how to manage a successful team. There is zero planning so we are putting out fires constantly.

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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 June 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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