Groupon

Amazing experience in the beginning. Lots of pair programming, learning, excited to go to work every day. Flexible schedule, great benefits. Working remotely.

Poor management will always hamstring their technology.

Saw it go from being a tech company to a marketing company in about 2 years.

Went from being the darling of web 2.0 e-commerce to the punchline of jokes and the internet's own dollar store, all due to the poor leadership and misguidance.

Management tried to expand to every country they could while not even having a solid North American platform.

Poor communication between teams.

Managers who manage managers.

"You're a VP of what? All I do is watch you drink coffee and talk to the people around you all day."

Hiring and interview practices are all over the place. Often times the person has a scheduling conflict and calls in someone else to conduct the interview, often from a different team, who has no idea about the position the person in question is interviewing for. Just a complete, disorganized mess masquerading as a real company.

Bring in some seasoned executives who know how to run a business. Focus on local, or you'll probably be out of business soon.

Try to get back to the times when everyone didn't hate your brand and Groupon wasn't a four-letter word.