The Zappos Family Reviews
Updated May 20, 2022
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- "the people that get hired are mostly pretty great to work with and you can make lots of friends" (in 58 reviews)
- "class service is because 'happy workplace = happy employees', which in turn drives productivity." (in 14 reviews)
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- "Favoritism runs rampant in this company and it's hard to 'fly under the radar' sometimes." (in 10 reviews)
- "While 'Embrace and Drive Change' is one of our ten Core Values, Zappos takes change to the extremes" (in 9 reviews)
- "Upper management in the call center are blind to what team members really want or need." (in 9 reviews)
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- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Benefits, People, Opportunities, Culture, Travel
Cons
Base pay is low, no bonus structure
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Fun environment HEALTH BENEFITS Just truly the best experience in retail that you could ask for. I have nothing but good things to say and would recommend this job company to anyone that has a great attitude, is true to themselves, and a little weird.
Cons
If wages could be bumped up just a tad that would definitely make a huge difference in applications for positions, but with that said..I’ve never worked a job where I could have fun and be relatively stress free and know that my team was there to support me.
- Former Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Pros
The company definitely promotes a strong company culture. In regards of taking care of employees, they continually looked to find new ways to try and make employee happy. You were allowed to be innovative if you had a good idea and were willing to work. For an ecommerce company, they were always open and willing to try new things in different fields.
Cons
It's definitely a who you know, not what you know type of place. Office politics and favoritism ran rampant in pretty much all departments. Getting proper and adequate pay raises was hard, and they always pushed perks over pay
- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Medical benefits 401k match Employee discount Occasional fun events & parties
Cons
Favoritism Untrained managers Constant change in company direction Constant change in roles & responsibilities Terrible work life balance Unmanageable workload Unrealistic goals No proper training program Micro managing
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Free insurance, 401k match, free vending, occasional catered meals/treats, good culture, quirky company with solid core values. Overtime is almost always optional. Most shifts are comprised of 4 10-hour days, with 3 days off. Optional quarterly unpaid personal days are offered on top of accrued vacation/sick time. Clean, organized, and fun, as far as warehouses go.
Cons
The only real con is that, because Amazon owns Zappos, culture and a 'fun environment' suffers somewhat compared to when Zappos was a standalone company (10+ years ago,) with productivity being the main focus and new goals being pushed every so often. This is a silly gripe and not one that someone without knowledge of the corporate contrast would have, however the culture contrast between Vegas and Louisville is also evident. Pay could be more competitive, but keep the free insurance and snacks in mind. Management is hit-or-miss as far as commitment to culture goes; some are more 'Amazon-minded' than others.
Continue reading - Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
The experience at Zappos will vary GREATLY depending on YOU. No two careers there are alike. Some people will have experience exponential growth and find great financial compensation, while others will stagnate both in their path and pay rate. Easy stuff like good insurance, free food, and a general feeling of being welcome were nice. The employee parking situation in DTLV was useful.
Cons
The perks have been slowly whittling away for varying reasons. In many ways it is a typical politicized work environment with people vying for power, money, and sniping at each other for any perceived shortcoming. Being 'cool' goes a long way here so if you are kind of an uptight person you will probably find yourself frustrated alot here. Compensation is relatively low until you reach middle management level. Yes, there was a cultish atmosphere but if you didn't participate in that it was ok, so that isn't particularly cultish by definition. A general shift away from the customer loyalty model and focus on 'both external and internal' customer satisfaction became apparent.
- Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
- Great Benefits - Remote - Employee discount is generous - Fun projects
Cons
Trust me you're gonna want to expand this review and read all this; - Rampant dysfunction - Ineffective HR department - Poor leadership - Lack of goals and direction - Poor work/life balance - Lots of bullying and misogyny that goes unchecked Zappos suffers from systemic foundational issues that are frankly insurmountable. No one on the “leadership” team there has the knowledge, inclination, motivation, or support to fix it. It was a really fun experiment that is long past its expiration date. Your career growth at this company is completely dependent on the expertise that your manager came into the company with from previous work experiences because Zappos offers little in the way of manager training, support, goal setting, tracking, etc. It lacks rigor in every aspect of human resources except for its overly enthusiastic and rigorous onboarding process, which is frankly a huge waste of time and resources. Your ability to learn on the job is also completely dependent on your manager’s pre-Zappos experience. Many people in the org have been there since they graduated college or for over a decade without a lot of previous work experience so the only way they know how to do things is the broken, misguided way Zappos taught them. Zappos’ “culture” is wildly unprofessional, its hiring practices also lack rigor, and much like every other company in the entire world it is a playground for mediocre white men to high-five each other’s “accomplishments,” much to the dismay of everyone with a modicum of intelligence. But it’s a “family,” right? And much like a family, there are people who pull most of the weight, those who phone it in, and those who are hoping no one notices they snuck into mom’s wallet to get money for a six-pack this weekend. Scott the newly minted CEO is a glorified lever puller who uses words like “fornicate” in large group meetings. When Amazon announced that they would not be looking for a replacement for the former (also terrible) CEO I took it as a vote of no confidence and exited. The only feather in Zappos’ cap is the stellar customer service team which is honestly keeping this ship afloat by virtue of its amazingness. Zappos will continue to limp along making money for Amazon, carrying a gang of mediocre employees on its back, and dragging down the talented ones. That is until the day the money dries up and it finally gasps its last feeble breath, expiring to collect dust with the memories of all the other Silicon Valley startups of yore.
Continue reading - Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Great culture and great people
Cons
No stock options from amazon
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Their overall benefits package is great.
Cons
Work/life balance is off. Others' perception of you is more important than who you are.
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Stable job Medical benefits are solid
Cons
Rampant favortism Exhausting Work calls back to back to back Angry customers constantly, angry because Zappos is half the company it was during its glory days
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The Zappos Family has an overall rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on over 542 reviews left anonymously by employees. 59% of employees would recommend working at The Zappos Family to a friend and 54% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -5% over the last 12 months.
59% of The Zappos Family employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated The Zappos Family 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at The Zappos Family to be career development, culture, benefits and the cons to be senior leadership, management, compensation.
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