Disappointing - Anonymous employee Groupon Employee Review

2.0
Oct 27, 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

* Same stuff others have said: no dress code, flexible hours and opportunity to work from home, good co-workers. * I have not experienced the kind of micro-management others commented on; my manager is helpful when needed but mostly leaves me alone.

Cons

* Editorial is kind of a dead end; they're paring down the department significantly, which just means more work for those of us who are left. The opportunity to be promoted after six months is useless since we've been in a hiring freeze almost the entire time I've worked here. * The pay is terrible. Unlimited PTO is great, but it sucks to not be able to afford to go anywhere. Seriously, management should be ashamed. * It's very, very stressful working in an environment where jobs are being eliminated or moved to other departments. * Management=people who just happened to start working here when they company was very young. I don't think many of them have experience managing staff. If they do, it doesn't show.

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