Groupon

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The company is mostly run by Czech investors.

• The company is mostly hiring contractors.
• Existing Groupon employees are seen as idiots.
• Mostly only hiring Czech employees.
• There are constant waves of promotion freezes.
• Promotion freezes are gone for now. Only Czech employees get promoted, especially to senior positions.
• A good number of filled positions are friends of the Czech leaders, and in some cases, they have no experience in the role.
• Existing employees are overworked since 70% of engineering was let go.
• Unrealistic deadlines are assigned without any consideration for the work required or existing workload.
• There are constant org restructures.
• There is constant change in priorities.

Do not apply for Groupon. There is no career path or job security.