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

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
1.0
Sep 13, 2023

Toxic

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The company has an open culture between employees where the majority are kind and respectful with an open mind.

Cons

The management at multiple levels from senior leadership down to head level are highly unqualified and unable to deliver on the company strategy. They are running the business into the ground with years of restructuring, highly complex ways of working and no accountability or ownership. This creates an extremely toxic environment and will likely lead the company to more layoffs in the coming years and further failures.

2.0
Aug 31, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Discount when shopping at Zalando, which isn't really a benefit since you're spending your money at the company that pays you minimum wage.

Cons

- no consideration for prior experience. Everyone starts with the same base salary. - Obsession with numbers. It doesn't matter how good of a job you do. It will never be good enough. You'll always be pressured to solve cases in shorter times or finish phone calls with a certain amount of time. At the same time they emphasise good quality in taking care of customers which is hard to combine with short time. - Control. Every thing you do must be registered. Even your toilet breaks. No flexibility. - Be prepared to talk to very rude and unhappy costumer, which is understandable (view point 2). Many are unable to solve cases in short times and would therefore send hasty answers which make costumers unhappy. - Low salary. Considering all the points above, the salary doesn't measure up.

1.0
Apr 5, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Social, open office environment. Zalando brand is a recognisable addition to your CV.

Cons

Authoritative mgmt and salaries that are notoriously so below-average (even for Berlin) that they're borderline exploitive. Lack of real diversity once you get to upper mgmt/executive level...at that point, it's less women and the usual white male profile.

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