flying a plane without a manual - Anonymous Paro Employee Review

1.0
27 Nov 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You get to watch a game of blindfolded darts

Cons

Total chaos, unpredictable, and sometimes you just have to laugh to stop from crying. Every week is a new firedrill that was created by the executives, who are incredibly toxic it is appaling. product development feels like a game of roulette. Each release is a spin of the wheel, and we're just as surprised as our clients to see where the ball lands. but the team was let go because, the product is so good. company's strategy is like a ship sailing without a compass; adrift in a sea of ideas with no clear destination in sight. Clarity and direction are as rare as a unicorn in our office. The business feels like it's running on a countdown clock. Every project feels like a last-ditch effort rather than part of a long-term plan, giving the workplace the energy of a frantic game show.

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5.0
18 Jul 2025
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Pros

really flexible place to work, great people and managers.

Cons

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1.0
19 Sept 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some great people worked there, only a few left. Remote work.

Cons

Unless you have worked at Groupon previously, you’ll never make it. The C-Suite would give you whiplash with priorities and ‘strategy’ shifting every other week which screamed desperation. Running out of money and they’re trying to offshore most positions to save the company. No financial leadership or controls over finance, so no surprise burning cash like crazy. Flying people in for meetings (internationally) every 6 weeks while we’re bleeding money. No investment in product/technology since there’s no money. There’s one guy running the product/platform and when he leaves there will be nothing left. Meeting heavy and they were all redundant. Culture was horrible. The ‘AI’ platform we sold to clients was a joke, it was archaic at best. Constant rumors about company running out of money for payroll.

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