Worst Experience Ever. - A Mere Peon Zoox Employee Review

1.0
May 24, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Free food and Friday afternoon dessert

Cons

- Horrible leadership and executives. There were a lot of BIG egos and favoritism. Cringe-worthy behavior by executives that were rude, arrogant and lacked knowledge in their supposed area of expertise. - If you had been there for more than 5 years, you were considered a favorite and were protected. No matter how bad your behavior was, people who had been there for a while were protected. If you were "liked" by a leader, you would be promoted regardless of how your stakeholders found your work value/contributions. - There was A LOT of drama. Rumors of execs and leaders sleeping with each other, bad behavior, values misalignment and people not liking others. - No real culture. The teams were all very siloed. They grew too fast and forgot to instill good corporate values into the organization. - Leadership lacked presence and confidence. All hands were awkward and uncomfortable. When C level staff were presenting, you would have thought they were front line managers versus executives. Oftentimes, an executive would say something as a joke or off the cuff and it would be offensive and stir up controversy.

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5.0
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Pros

Good work, good teammate’s. Good projects

Cons

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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, mostly slow. 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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