The culture has turned toxic
The culture has turned toxic
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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.
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