Groupon

Compensation is good.

Tax benefits are good.

Chilled-out life.

Stock options were attractive, but currently, they are worthless.

Job security Lack of clarity No challenging work

Most engineering organizations hire for broader engineering skills (DS, Algo, programming, problem-solving, etc.). This is the only place where they hire for specific technologies (Ruby, Java, PostgreSQL, etc.).

The current engineering leadership is good at sweet-talking during hiring and utilizing resources. However, once they see your skill sets are no longer needed, they turn arrogant so that you quit your job.

This is one of the worst recruiting teams ever, giving all sorts of stories to trap you into joining. They later get involved in discussions, sharing the bad behavior of leadership with employees after they join.

The best engineers and leaders who joined from premier e-commerce organizations have left now, as there is no good work in India, and it keeps changing.

The management is like a puppet, always dancing to the wrong tunes. Employees get bored after some time listening to the cooked-up stories around the roadmap and growth of the India engineering team.

First, have a clear roadmap for India, and then hire candidates. Do not give false commitments and play with people's lives.