Groupon is facing new difficulties

The rebellion of the sales force. But for Maik Silaguz (Mike Silagadze), this is the gospel. The chief executive of top Hat Monocle, a software company, said Http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/4753.html, In the past one months his Toronto company has received resumes from hundreds of Groupon sales reps who may want to switch jobs.

Silaguz said he interviewed several Groupon people every day. Groupon sent a letter to Silaguz last month stating that it was illegal to recruit Groupon staff. Top Hat's 25-person sales team, already 8 people are former Groupon staff. But Silaguz said Groupon's business was "deteriorating because their best people were starting to leave" and he plans to continue digging from the site. Silaguz's experience underscores the pressure on the popular web site on the sales team. Groupon, which went public last November, is still struggling to recover from a financial failure, with its share price down 63% from the 20-dollar IPO. Groupon will issue its quarterly report in Monday, the third quarterly report it publishes as a public company.