Too political, career stagnation, HR plays too many games - Software Engineer Zoox Employee Review

2.0
Oct 12, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Cool projects, but you don't get rewarded for doing any of them.

Cons

HR designed the perfect systems protect the incompetent while simultaneously causing extreme attrition with top talent. Stay away if you have any iota of skill because your career with stagnate very fast here. The use strategies like "soak time" to prevent career growth while they milk you for more work. You'll have to turn water into wine and they still won't be impressed partly because they have no idea what the work entails.

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5.0
Jul 7, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good work, good teammate’s. Good projects

Cons

I don’t see many cons work gets difficult sometimes

4.0
Jul 7, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Best things in sequence - Food (breakfast, lunch, dinner), Very nice office environment, not high-pressure performance stress. I am very optimistic about their future.

Cons

Pay is on the lower side; most engineers are imported from Michigan - but still they say we are in Bay Area for the Talent lol. They don't always hire the best of the bunch - Interview is easy overall. Hiring friends/friends of friends might be a thing, who knows. Employee retention is an issue.

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