No direction, no growth - Engineering Manager Groupon Employee Review

1.0
Oct 28, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

A lot of scheduling freedom

Cons

General lack of interest in the company from all senior leadership Inability to make decisions at the exec level trickles down to every facet of the company Lack of innovation in the product teams Tons of administrivia, red tape, and bureaucracy Overall, Groupon used to be a fast, nimble engineering team ready to innovate and make critical product decisions. In the past few years it has become a stopping point for people on their way to better companies and thus very little gets done internally. There is high churn and the lack of direction and leadership from senior execs trickles down to every aspect of the company.

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5.0
Jan 2, 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.

3.0
Jul 13, 2026
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Pros

People, leniency, unlimited pto, casual work environment

Cons

Disconnected leadership makes working here extremely frustrating. Changes are made that don’t directly help anything.

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