Come for the promise, leave for the deceit - Anonymous employee Zymergen Employee Review

3.0
Apr 15, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

One star for great coworkers, especially if you're young. Another for the free food (though supply hasn't kept up with growth). Final star 'cuz, I dunno, it didn't seem THAT bad. I was just bored out of my mind. Maybe it's good if you're not an ambitious individual.

Cons

No transparency. Blatant lying to employees about their scope of work to get them to do the dull labor. Always a carrot on a stick for any kind of growth. Managers with the social skills of a high schooler and confidence of a scrawny kid in a locker room. Meetings to discuss meetings. Odd level of micromanaging (ie. set hours for office workers, "permission" to come in late from a dr appt), the likes of which I haven't seen since my high school retail job.

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