Toxic and a lot of change - Anonymous employee OpenTable Employee Review

2.0
May 11, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Sales incentives are good and frequent -Collaborative and helpful instead of individually competitive and pitting salespeople against one another -Free food -Market leader

Cons

-Cliquey -Lots of change and lack of transparency -"You're with me or against me" mentality -Health plan is weak. Majority of benefits focused on San Francisco/California - not consistent across states -Tech is slow -Customers (restaurants) hate us but need us, so closing is relatively easy but with reluctance and complaining -Growth and career advancement is centered around switching departments, which is not real advancement

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