"Let's go to an office building and play 'Business'" - Sales Executive Groupon Employee Review

1.0
Aug 24, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

-Decent benefits -Fun coworkers -Quirky CEO -Free beverages -Catered lunchs

Cons

Upper management is a joke. They have no experience in managing more then a checkbook, and have been promoted based on the speed of growth of the company, and "Talk time" from when they telemarketed for their region. The company does not adhere to nor recognize expertise and experience, yet instead embraces unnecessary and wasteful changes that do nothing but upset the businesses they represent, and throw company money away. This is no longer an Andrew Mason vision, yet a company going public grasping at straws to get an edge on the competition, and doing it very poorly. If you have so much as managed a Circle K, this job is beneath you. This is an entry level job at best. However if you have no family, no expenses, and just graduated college and have a desire to be a telemarketer alongside good-looking people...this job is for you!

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5.0
Jan 2, 2026
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Pros

Learned a great deal here. My first big guy job and the responsibilities kept me focused and motivated. I grew a lot as a person at Groupon as well

Cons

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2.0
Jun 11, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Gaining experience targeting multiple industries

Cons

Management doesn’t care about you. Unrealistic goals. Everyone at 30-40% of quota. Complicated quota attainment system. Your job is to ask for 70% of margins for small businesses that have only 10-15% margin budgets

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