Great People, Poor Management - Vice President Zebra Technologies Employee Review

1.0
May 7, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

People are very open and willing to help and support other. Competent, experienced and very knowledgable workforce. Always wanting to do the right thing for the custumer. Great Brand Equity and well know in the Industry.

Cons

The most REACTIVE company I've ever known. Everything is a Fire Drill. Are too complacent resting on their brand equity laurels and high profit margins. VERY poor product mananegement, development and introduction. They are too willing to release product that are mired with technical problems and then rework them in the field. Poor management of human capital. No succession planning, training or development. Limited understanding of working capital management. (Lots of obsolete inventory!) Which also stems from their innefficient and poor management of Planning, Forecasting & S&OP. Inneficient and very high indirect/exempt labor costs. Very little to no acountability

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Pros

strong team and great customer success with product

Cons

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Zebra Technologies Response
3d
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1.0
Jun 4, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Paid Time Off is generous if allowed to use

Cons

Management is a disaster. Far too many Senior Managers that do not contribute but reduce total comp or headcount available for the real work. Talented, high-performing individuals leave in droves. Often when the company goes through the lay-off period, They terminate all the high earners in favor of hiring junior staff, who then leave very shortly. Very high attrition rate. HR is zero help, as should be expected. Failing tech with no valid improvements. Shrinking stock and market capitalization.

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Zebra Technologies Response
3d
Thank you for your feedback. If you are interested in speaking with us further, please email us at employerbrandfeedback@zebra.com.
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