Zebra Technologies reviews

3.7

67% would recommend to a friend

(1,697 total reviews)
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Bill Burns

77% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Zebra Technologies has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,697 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Zebra Technologies employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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3.0
May 4, 2018

Time for a change

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Pros

Zebra makes some good printers and products. People are very dedicated, even if ideas are old and stale.

Cons

It’s time to change the leadership. It’s an old, male, white boys club. Women are not respected, especially women with opinions. We are told to not make waves and be quiet. Men who are rude and offensive somehow are promoted. There are some good, friendly people, but definitely rotten apples are spoiling the bunch. Plus, Zebra is slow to develop new products to meet customer needs.

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2.0
Feb 1, 2016

Don't work here. Bad enviornment. No growth

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Pros

The people are kind and it's fun to be in the office

Cons

Don't work here. Lack of structure and direction have caused so many ripples of turmoil throughout the company. Had to leave because there were so many people fighting for control that projects rither weren't completed or not efficiently. Ever since acquisition of Motorola Solutions, it's been a clash of two cultures that management seems to ignore

1.0
Jan 27, 2016
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Pros

The first level managers and individual contributors are great to work with. Also am lucky that the Director for my team is knowledgeable, good to work for and well rounded with work-life balance. The office building in Lincolnshire is very nice, like a Crystal Palace (pro and con). Zebra also has a wonderful shuttle bus service from Deerfield and Highland Park train stations for those commuting from Chicago or far out suburbs. Some of the other benefits are fairly normal, they do offer tuition reimbursement which is nice for those who can take advantage.

Cons

There is not much career growth opportunity. I have no where to go in the company and stay on my current career path, plus Zebra is on a Hiring Freeze. The culture has taken a turn for the worst since acquisition of Motorola Enterprise Solutions. Unfortunately the poor attitudes, poor processes and mediocre upper management were kept from Motorola. There's a reason that company was not doing well, it doesn't make sense why Zebra management has decided to hold on to those reasons. If there is new hires in upper management all were from outside the company - another clue that Zebra is not interested in their own employee career growth. Icing on the proverbial cake is that Zebra decided to expand their bonus program, sounds great right? wrong...those that were on the program (all levels of managers, pre-acquisition Motorola managers and individual contributors, all of which were already in the program) remain eligible for their Bonus and Merit Increase for 2015 performance; those that were just added Legacy Zebra individual contributors (about 1800 people) are not eligible for Bonus nor are they eligible for a Merit Increase for 2015 performance. Seems to me that unless you were already in Zebra Management or Pre-Acquisition Motorola you have it good, but not if you were an original individual contributor at Zebra. My sentiments are echoed on the internal site, in social media and right here on glassdoor.com Also, don't let them fool you...Zebra is NOT a Tech company, they are a manufacturing company who outsource jobs.

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