Great people - Anonymous employee OpenTable Employee Review

5.0
Aug 12, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The group of people are some of the best you will come across. The job is not without challenges, but is fun (must dine out often to become a trusted expert) and the people make it all worth while.

Cons

Once the company became public, the dynamic changed a bit. There was considerably more pressure for results, and it became challenging to continue to expand at that pace. Good problems!

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