Not Good, Not Terrible - Just Okay or a Little Bad - Technical Program Manager Zoox Employee Review

3.0
Aug 6, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Happen to love my team, but many don't - Pay is a little better than other companies for Technical Program Management. This might have been because I negotiated very well when joining and was paid the highest end of my level's range. - Interesting product and problem space - Riding in the vehicles and experiencing the milestones gives a lot of satisfaction and makes the work feel worth it - pretty professional environment - not too many HR issues other than the toxic culture of working people hard - Just too much work all the time. Prepare to be at least a little burnt out almost always if you work here. - Stressful

Cons

- Complex problem space and 1 million acronyms - you will spend the first 2 years at least a little confused at all times - ramp up time to start working is not bad, but ramp up time to feel comfortable working is very long - TOXIC culture: not toxic all the time and depends on team / coworkers but there is an underlying toxicity embedded within Zoox's culture. The culture is pretentious, some C levels have bad attitudes which trickles all the way down to ICs (Program Management for example), and there's a lot of finger pointing at every level. - Not very fun to work here but people are friendly - Compensation for promotions isn't great. Really don't feel like you're getting your worth as you stay here and work hard.

Explore other reviews about Zoox

5.0
Jul 7, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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.

See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All