Pros: Interesting work and conveniently located. That is about where it ends.

Cons: Are you an engineer? Are you looking to use your talents to build great products, and receive recognition and reward for your hard work? Then you'd better look elsewhere. Go to Google, Facebook, or countless other technology companies which value their engineers. These are fundamentally technology driven companies, and OpenTable is a sales/marketing driven organization. Engineers are simply cogs in the wheel, and are easily replaceable in the eyes of management. They just don't do performance-based compensation at all. Sure, management has received about $20 million each in stock option based compensation, but the rules are different for everyone else within the company. Even for the engineers who actually create the product that is making management so extraordinarily wealthy. There is no individual recognition whatsoever, unless you make a mistake which costs the company money. Then they will hold an all hands meeting to place blame on the engineer who made the mistake. If you create a product which generates millions in revenue, not a word is said. There is no bonus structure at all. Work as hard as you possibly can, and still there is no bonus. There is absolutely no incentive at all for hard work within this organization. You work your butt off and management gets rich, and that's pretty much how it works around here. There is no opportunity to advance within the Engineering department either. All the team leads have been there 6+ years and aren't going anywhere. Promotions and even recognition are not lacking in any other department within the company, but they are an extreme rarity within Engineering. I want to reiterate to any talented engineers out there -- if you want to see your talents appreciated and rewarded, you are better off looking elsewhere.

Pros: A recruiter contacted me some months ago, then started the hiring process without any expectation (since I didn't check reputation or qualifications from friends or coworkers), but I thank God this place is really cool! Good environment, a lot of communication across team members, a very agile way to work, and using the latest tendencies in technology and approaches. I'm happy to be part of this family and expect to stay here a very long time.

Cons: None found so far that I have realized.

Pros: I worked with the OpenTable Mumbai operations team. The Mumbai team is energetic and hardworking. But most projects and high-level work were handled from the SF office. The people in the local team made up for all the negatives and helped me survive here. There is freedom to work on different tools and technologies, but one should be a self-starter to learn. Leaders were focused on maintaining existing legacy systems. I worked on many good tech and legacy products and tried improving the tech stack.

Cons: The hard work done here is not appreciated nor recognized. The management takes the team here for granted. I was stressed with work at odd hours and support calls. The management took my late hours work for granted. Market corrections never happened although role and work kept changing. New hires were provided higher pay and better stocks for the same role. I left the org as I was not managed well, and not paid well. Many other team members in the Mumbai office have the same complaint, that we get no appreciation, are taken for granted, and the compensation is not worth our efforts. Many senior members and managers are with the company for 10+ years, hence they are little old school, enjoy legacy (read they have pile of stocks and nothing to do), and they do not take polished decisions which is hurting the company (infra and tech stack is old and people under are not happy).