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      Zalando

      Engaged Employer

      Zalando reviews

      3.6

      66% would recommend to a friend

      (2,216 total reviews)
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      Robert Gentz

      69% approve of CEO

      53% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.8

      Work/Life balance

      3.6

      Culture & values

      3.4

      Career opportunities

      3.3

      Compensation and benefits

      3.1

      Senior management

      Zalando has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 2,216 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
      4.0
      Apr 5, 2017

      Pretty good, but not perfect

      Various roles
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Independent teams / Manager is outside the team - Modern tech stacks / Team gets to chose tech stack (unless you're in a legacy team) - Company mindset recently changed from retail to tech company - Great people. Smart, fun to work and party with. Good mix btw rock stars and normal people. Very international. - Decent pay, good equipment, opportunities to speak at conferences - Nice office locations (Berlin) - Tons of own Open Source projects, contribution to others is encouraged - Interesting problems, high-scale environments

      Cons

      - Everything is chaotic. There is not one process that works flawlessly, on any level. - Technology equality is preached, but some technologies are more equal than others. If you want to become a star, you have to use Scala / React.js. Java devs are belittled, even though 90% of the code in production is Java - Chaotic hiring process. Be prepared to get the same trivial coding exercise from 3 different interviewers. - Protectionism. If you want to make a career, find someone in upper management who likes you and suck up to them. Also, start smoking, it will help. - Constructive criticism is not appreciated, developers are often not listened to (outside their team). A manager is better than a dev, by definition (not unusual in a German company). - No transparency. People aren't even told what their job levels are. - Career planning is good in theory, but cumbersome in practice. Promotions can take years longer than promised.

      4.0
      Feb 8, 2017

      Good company for relocation

      Scala developer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Professional growth Relocation package Enough time in the first month to register/find flat/etc..

      Cons

      Professionalism of management - depends on the team Sometimes too many meetings

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