ZapLabs reviews

3.1

43% would recommend to a friend

(43 total reviews)

Jake Lyman

49% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

ZapLabs has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 43 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The ZapLabs employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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43 reviews
2.0
Jun 25, 2019

Disruptor got disrupted!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

The vision is to internally disrupt the real estate space, and make technology the value proposition for real estate agents, who haven't relied on technology to provide services

Cons

Internal politics, and the presence of 20th century brand managers make it impossible to drive an engineering & product driven culture. Senior leaders think of Zaplabs as the "IT team".

1.0
Jun 18, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If you are in Data Science field, this place is growing their teams. These teams are humming by just fine. Quiet work environment. Not a lot of people talking out loud for an open office setup. Great views of SF cityscape, Oakland, and Berkeley and walking paths from the office along the bay and marina. Easily commutable East Bay location. Company paid parking garage.

Cons

Perks and benefits are not competitive. No Catered lunch Tue/Thu. It is No longer a perk. Parent company has halted this in-house software team including their development and design teams. If you are not on the data science teams, there is only job instability and uncertainty due to multiple large rounds of layoffs. Mediocre business product, abysmal product experience for the end-user, and chaotic internal processes. Newly instated processes are driving productivity backwards instead of progressing in efficiency. Bring lunch from home because eating out is expensive, low variety and not easily accessible by foot.

2.0
Jun 11, 2019

Not the same.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Wonderful people before most of them were let go or left for (much) greener pastures. Smart coworkers. Positive culture. Decent benefits. Acceptable pay. Excellent commute for East Bay folks.

Cons

Parent company hadn't learned how to work with ZapLabs and led to ZL becoming the scapegoat for its issues. Now has let go a chunk of the team that was honestly planning and starting to create some cool, promising stuff. Led team on to believe it believes in the Emeryville team but then dropped the news of layoffs one morning, said it's also the team's last day. I get it that business is business but why even pretend like it believed in the ZapLabs team when this was going to be the end? Really, I don't mind the layoffs. I do mind the sense of falsehood that Realogy entertained with us that there was a real chance for things to turn around and look up. Ultimately, grateful for the opportunities Realogy and ZapLabs provided. Saddened by the turn of events. Disappointed that the trust never had a chance to be rebuilt from the tough transitions of the past few years. Life goes on, honestly hopeful for ZapLabs' future but also maybe personally relieved to move on.

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