Groupon Software Developer reviews

3.0

20% would recommend to a friend

(132 total reviews)
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Dusan Senkypl

18% approve of CEO

23% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated Groupon with 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 132 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have an average working experience there. Groupon is rated 22% below average by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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132 reviews
1.0
Aug 22, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

There are some nice people in the Dublin and Berlin offices. (Although the Berlin office is now nearly empty.) Actual ceilings, which are very helpful if you value sound not traveling too far. (Although everyone still wears head phones, it's a loud office regardless.) Recommend getting reviews on managers you'll be working under, quality is a bit hit and miss, with large difference.

Cons

Severe lack of promotion and growth opportunities. I saw multiple people who were waiting for suitable projects to display they deserved a promotion. While management was convinced they deserved it, they would string people along without taking action. High turn over of managers, none of mine lasted a year. Strong recommendation against joining a team with a manager that hasn't been at the company for less than two years, in the management role. High employee turn over. High degree of politics make it hard to stand out as a non-US developer. Male dominated culture, very little diversity is present. Engineering is almost entirely male. Company claims to believe in meritocracy. Open plan office. Company is skimping on providing a properly heated (winter) or cooled (summer) environment. Climate control is only active on work day during business hours, making the office during winters freezing cold (all Monday because the heating needs to counter an entire weekend without heating; and each morning until a night's worth of cold has been evicted). A lot of people use blankets. Accessible toilet is used as storage cabinet. Travel ban kicks in earlier and earlier each year, as a cost saving measure.

1.0
Aug 22, 2018

Groupon

Recommend
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Pros

Employee friendly. Good infra. Time flexibility. Employee benefits

Cons

Dirty politics. Nothing to do new things. Just you need to manage the project.

4.0
May 30, 2018

Highly Recommend

Recommend
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Pros

Relaxed atmosphere. Intelligent, dedicated and friendly people to work with. The Dublin office is lovely with a great location. Nice outdoor area were you can work in the warm weather, games room, canteen etc. For such a large company, surprising amount of impact your daily job can have i.e. don't feel like a cog in the wheel. Good perks such as free lunch on Wednesdays and free food and drink each day, activities organised on regular basis.

Cons

Long work hours 9.00am to 6.00pm. Sometimes when working with teams across the globe, they don't respect the time difference or your work hours and they set up meetings outside of your work hours.

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