Zalando reviews

3.6

67% would recommend to a friend

(2,225 total reviews)
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Robert Gentz

67% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Zalando has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 2,225 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Zalando employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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2K reviews
1.0
Sep 28, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

IT and office equipment Young atmosphere with some really professional and motivated colleagues Some cool projects and activities Company growing and getting stable

Cons

Workload Managers recruit without knowing what profiles they need Some Managers do not take care of the well-being of team members, not even during a pandemic. Some Managers might be very good in project management but are not really leaders. You are a number. Firing is usual business.

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Zalando Response
5y
Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. We are really glad to hear that you appreciated working with our motivated colleagues on projects and initiatives, as well as our overall company growth opportunities at Zalando. We also understand that working in a fast-paced and growing environment comes with its challenges, but together, we are continuing to learn and grow from our experiences. We continually adapt and improve how we recruit to improve the candidate experience and employee satisfaction. We are also committed to creating a supportive and safe working environment for all Zalando employees. As a response to the COVID-19 situation and its impact on our business, we have set keeping our talents safe as our highest priority ensuring health and safety measures are in line with the official regulations. And we will continue to put our employees first because we believe our talents are our biggest asset. In case you have any additional feedback, we would love to learn more about your personal experience and understand how we could improve even more as an organisation. If you'd like to have a further discussion, please feel free to reach out to me directly: Doug Webb via email doug.webb@zalando.de.
3.0
Aug 25, 2020

Politics and talking.

Recommend
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Pros

Very stable job and company. Smart, experienced and talented coworkers. The workload is very manageable. You get to play with very expensive tech stuff that other companies can only dream about. Very open-minded environment. They really care about your personal life and you have a decent amount of freedom.

Cons

Politics and talking all day long. After some time you realize that some people survive in the company just creating discussions and faking their own value that way. If you want to feel some personal satisfaction with your job, this is the wrong place. Most of the people here just work for the money and will drag you to that feeling over time. Young people wanting to find a meaningful job end up leaving this company. Its a company on its way to become 100% corporated. So that's what you can expect to find. Low and mid leadership is generally terrible, which creates a lot of uncertainty in your daily job ( unexisting guidance, lack of clarity, and goals).

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Zalando Response
5y
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us. It is important for us to hear what we do well and even more importantly, what we need to improve upon to drive change at Zalando. We’d like to specifically address your concerns regarding leadership and job satisfaction. At Zalando, we invest in building a leadership culture in line with Our Founding Mindset, a guide for everyday leadership. These leadership principles apply for all levels of the company and we expect all leads to role model these principles, among others to support their team members in their development, share information to guide them purposefully and to celebrate successes. Our quarterly employee engagement survey, zBeat, collects insights about employee engagement and provides us with a direction where we need to support and invest more in. And our leaders are expected to act on the feedback results. We hold leaders accountable and evaluate their performance through regular performance evaluations by using role expectations and leadership principles to collect 360° feedback. We have recently introduced new role expectations in Technology to help provide more clarity on expectations from each seniority level and how our talents can grow in their respective job family or move into a different role. In our regular talent reviews we calibrate the performance of each of our talents against their peer group and measure their specific achievements and capabilities. We believe that Zalando is a company where contribution matters and we recognize colleagues for their achievements, not words. Since you’re a current member of our Zalando family, I would like to encourage you to reach out to discuss your concerns in person so I could identify how to support you better and drive change. Please feel free to get in touch with me directly: Sonja Sinterhauf - via email sonja.sinterhauf@zalando.de.
4.0
Mar 25, 2019

Software Engineer

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Nice environment and friendly colleagues

Cons

It needs better structure, I think

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