OpenTable reviews

I am continually shocked by how bad management is at the company. Working on a team that often utilizes freelancers and contractors, I am embarrassed at how long it takes for those individuals to be paid the money they were promised, over 7 months in some cases. The management and HR teams seem to move particularly slow in matters like this. The company claims the usual platitudes of "moving fast" being "thought leaders" but the reality is that the petty ego-wars that middle management wage against each other keep anything interesting from actually happening at OpenTable.

Unstrategic, unfocused, & inefficient - Absolutely the worst place I've ever worked on these attributes. We're desperately trying to prove our worth post-acquisition, doing too many things & doing all of them poorly. Unfocused strategy along with general inefficiency across the board = a bunch of chickens running around with their heads cut-off. Highly political, where who you knows & who you suck up to is rewarded. "Yes" people are favored over those that question. Directors & above only focus on managing upwards vs. inspiring & leading teams below. People subtly fight for more power, people, & budget, by spinning stories with data to meet their needs & self-interests, instead of putting the interests of others & the business first. Lots of churn of great people leaving frustrated with the environment.