OpenTable reviews

4.1

77% would recommend to a friend

(670 total reviews)
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Debby Soo

79% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

OpenTable has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 670 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The OpenTable employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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670 reviews
2.0
Mar 28, 2017

Unstrategic, Inefficient Mess with Endless Unmet Potential

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Pros

OpenTable has such amazing potential to become a truly bigger part of dining out. There are endless ways to grow the business & opportunities to chase. There's never a shortage of ideas here or things to work on. MOST people are kind & work/life balance is great. Location is convenient to public transport & food options. There's also lots of flowing booze & costumes if you're into that.

Cons

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.

1.0
Aug 29, 2023

86'd

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Pros

Benefits, working with colleagues from hospitality industry.

Cons

Too many to list. Kayak took over and has placed all of their people in leadership roles. What was once a hospitality company is now a data driven company which lacks all the wonderful pieces of hospitality. The most unfortunate pieces include the inability to formulate a strategic retention and growth plan based on all the data they analyze, poor business decisions that have created a culture of mistrust, lack of empathy for what field teams are up against as a result of leadership's inability to make decisions. There have been massive lay off's, many in the middle of the night, and leadership has said they are all "performance based" (the CEO cried on a recent All Hands - I'm still not sure what to make of that). It's only a matter of time until leadership is replaced by Booking Holdings or OpenTable is sold off as a result of "performance". The pay for field employees is low compared to industry standards and sales is 100% market driven. This means that anywhere Resy has a footprint you will not make money b/c you aren't given any new tools restaurants haven't already heard since Resy won in 2020. In fact, the restaurant industry where Resy has won REALLY dislikes OpenTable. If you are not a narcissist, this will affect your mental health. Diversity is also a joke. I work in NYC and there are 2 people of color. OpenTable used to be my dream job; I woke up everyday excited to be a part of the company. Now I'm embarrassed to tell people where I work.

1.0
Oct 4, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Central location. Product has good potential and offers a great service to restaurants and diners.

Cons

High level of turn over with good people either being pushed out or leaving. Morale is very low with farewell emails every week. Vacuum of guidance from our top executives. Dysfunction all around.

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