Zalando reviews

During the interview I clearly mentioned I speak no german and asked if the team is international. When I joined the team was only germans and they were daily speaking german excluding me all day long. It was the worst experience ever. They were saying daily jokes and they were all laughing and I was there without understanding what's happening. A colleague also mentioned in my face at some point that she doesnt like that the company is getting more international and she is obliged to speak in english. Once I worked overtime for a project to help my colleague finish earlier and it was already 20:00. The manager ordered viet food for herself and my colleague and didnt even asked me if I want something (which I was willing to pay of course). Apparently the company was trying to get more international however the employees (germans) dont want that and they are not willing to include diversity

- messy environment, unclear structure - no career path - lack of access to external trainings - known cases where relocation costs were promised to be returned but then HR pretended that they know nothing about these agreements - still very german company at its roots (although there are more and more people from around the world coming each day the higher positions are mostly occupied by Germans) - unequal treatment: some get opportunity to go on conferences, others don't; some get opportunity share their opinions, others don't; some get the right to evaluate new tools and technologies, other don't; some can work on a "new cool things" other have to maintain the old crap (usually started by "privileged ones"); etc. That being said I believe that Zalando has no other way to go than to go up (but this is mostly because of its business model and market needs than the way the company operates).