Pros
ZOZI hires people that it believes in. With the recent pivot and hiring of a lot of new faces to drive the new B2B business the company is filled with a lot of positivity, momentum, and encouragement. It feels like a collaborative system working towards the same goal. Although ZOZI is a startup and like any company has its challenges, the main pros about this company is the opportunity to really do what you're good at, get hired for it, and then feel the support of the company rooting you to succeed. You can tell that everyones wants the company to succeed, and that means that everyone wants the employees to succeed. Plus, there are great perks to working here. If you love the outdoorsy/adventure lifestyle that's the basis of the business. Plus, you get 400 credits a quarter, which could amount to 1600 credits a year, or a full getaway trip. There are also awesome professional development opportunities, like $100 a month to take classes at General Assembly or Academy purely to get better at the skills you find important. There's also an improv class that can be taken to get more comfortable with your coworkers, in public speaking, and just in general to bond. ZOZI makes a huge effort trying to encourage a great culture. The office is big now, and at times you don't get to see everyone. Although there are only 60 people in the company, the size of the new office space sometimes makes it hard to run into everyone all the time so the company has a culture club to put on events to encourage more team bonding like happy hours, movie nights and game nights. Everyone gets to voice their input. Did I also mention dogs? There are several dogs in the office, which are therapeutic during times of stress. Unless you're on the sales team with a set schedule, the schedule here is pretty flexible. As long as you get your stuff done, most everyone outside of sales can build their own schedule.
Cons
The only cons I can think of is just getting situated into the new office and figuring out a commute that works. Given where we are today at the end of the Embarcadero, it's just a matter of getting the timing right to find the right buses/commute routes to get to the new office efficiently.
