Toxic culture and poor management – Not worth your time and energy unless you are jobless - Senior Engineer Zoox Employee Review

1.0
Sep 25, 2025
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Pros

Mostly nice team mates, good food options, cool tech

Cons

This company suffers from a deeply toxic culture driven by poor leadership. Management relies heavily on favoritism and believes in throwing you under the bus, rather than fostering trust, collaboration, or innovation. Employees are not empowered to contribute meaningfully, feedback is often ignored, and career progression depends more on office politics than performance or merit. The result is an unhealthy, demoralizing work environment where stress runs high, feedback can get you fired, and decisions lack transparency. Talented people burn out and leave, which speaks volumes about the culture. Twice a year perf reviews with no focus on employee satisfaction and sentiment.

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5.0
Jul 7, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good work, good teammate’s. Good projects

Cons

I don’t see many cons work gets difficult sometimes

4.0
Jul 7, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Best things in sequence - Food (breakfast, lunch, dinner), Very nice office environment, not high-pressure performance stress. I am very optimistic about their future.

Cons

Pay is on the lower side; most engineers are imported from Michigan - but still they say we are in Bay Area for the Talent lol. They don't always hire the best of the bunch - Interview is easy overall. Hiring friends/friends of friends might be a thing, who knows. Employee retention is an issue.

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