Zalando Reviews

Pros

Amazing People and Culture, very diverse, chance to work with people from all around world and from very different companies. Nice perks, a lot of events, meetups, celebrating diversity.

Cons

Too many organisational changes in a very short time

Pros

Lots of great people. I have a great team, lead and skip lead. The management is supportive of new ideas and initiatives and there is a culture of trust. If you are willing to take control of your development there are lots of opportunities out there, you just need to seek them out.

Cons

The job grading system is quite rigid. I didn't realise when I joined how much it meant. If you're lucky you can come in at a higher grade, but it's much harder to change it when you're already employed. Being such a big company it can be difficult to make changes to processes, but there is definitely room for it and it is supported if you are motivated enough.

Advice to Management

Spend more money on social events for your people. There should be more than just one company wide party a year. These things build moral, bring people together and make people feel valued.

Pros

The best part of working at Zalando is that you can do that in your own pace. Want to work 9-to-5, never do overtime nor touch your computer at home? Fine. Want to work on evenings, weekends, way more than they asked you for and assemble a collection of raises, bonuses and promotions? That's fine as well!

Cons

The company is too big and became too corporate in the previous ~2 years. Sometimes it's hard to know who is the boss of your boss, of your boss (and this person has a boss too!). Also, the quality of your work-life will be completely dependent on the team you are assigned too. Have a bad lead or toxic colleagues? Your life will be miserable and they won't be fired. The good thing is that the internal hiring pool is...

Advice to Management

Please, pay attention to the people who are literally giving years of their life to help the company succeed and value them properly. Sometimes people who came from the outside, who have no history with the company, are praised and the ones already there feel so mistreated that they have to leave.

Pros

If motivated, good career prospects, but lack of leadership

Cons

Workload does not match the salary, one needs to always prove take on tasks that are of higher level Processes are not aligned throughout the company, every departments works differently

Pros

Good code tech stack and nice enviornment

Cons

Difficult to align work across multiple small teams

Pros

Good discount, competitive salary for Berlin, good team events and nice campus

Cons

Internal feedback is not great, the new category operation set up is not run properly and makes teams demotivated

Pros

Diversity of teams and people to work with

Cons

Could use more structure

Pros

- amazing culture - multi cultural environment - self-development opportunities

Cons

- flat hierarchy - inexperienced people in some departments - silo approach