Stay Away - Anonymous employee Groupon Employee Review

2.0
9 Jan 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Generally, the best things here were the people and the unlimited PTO. You'll be surrounded by an eclectic group of fun coworkers.

Cons

This company should not exist. The business model does not work in practice and smart merchants realize this. Groupon has a terrible reputation but no one in management seems to realize this or care. They know that businesses will eventually be desperate or naive enough to give them money. Many common practices here feel unethical, and some are actually fineable regulatory offenses. Compensation continually decreases. Autonomy is disappearing. The "Local" division I was apart of is the heart of this business, and as someone who brings in the company's revenue flow from the front lines, I can tell you that turnover will remain high and most likely we will continue to see downsizing due to a lack of clients and a horrible reputation in the industry that has become too large to overcome at this point. For BDRs specifically, know this is a call-center job. If you don't perform, they will fire you without thinking twice about it.

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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

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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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