Horrible mismanagement, difficult product to sell, lack of flexibility
Pros
-Young work environment with some smart colleagues -Good training programs - learning to sell in a consultative way -A few fun company events throughout the year
Cons
-Complete lack of empathy on sales reps from upper management - for example, the CEO has requested multiple times to have sales teams sit in his desk to increase the "pressure cooker"/boiler room effect, causing undue stress on sales teams. -Fear based environment - fear of not hitting your "number", everyday, fear of repercussions for this and of course, fear of ultimately losing one's job (even for strong performers, which I was). This fear certainly harmed productivity. -Product is very difficult to sell (hurts a lot of businesses - why they would ever do Groupon I don't know) and lack of flexibility from management for these constraints to work through challenging situations -Transactional sale more than long-term sell (always focused on short term) -Call center mentality with unrealistic daily expectations and emphasis on daily activity - talk time, dials, etc.
