Is Zebra Technologies a good company to work for?

Zebra Technologies has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 2,205 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months. 67% of employees would recommend working at Zebra Technologies to a friend and 61% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Zebra Technologies have been left by employees working as Intern , Engineer and Marketing .

Does Zebra Technologies pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Zebra Technologies employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Zebra Technologies. This rating has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Zebra Technologies?

67% of Zebra Technologies employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Zebra Technologies 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Zebra Technologies?

Software Engineer (108) , Senior Software Engineer (52) , Intern (48) , Internship (27) , Repair Technician (22) , Project Manager (20) , Customer Service Representative (19) , Business Analyst (17) , Manager (17) , Marketing (17) , Sales (17) , Engineer (16) , Lead Engineer (16) , Account Manager (15) , Product Manager (15)

What are the pros of working at Zebra Technologies according to real employee reviews?

"People are great and down to earth" ((in 132 reviews)); "Good work life balance when it comes to office hours" ((in 131 reviews)); "Good benefits and stock run." ((in 131 reviews)); "Pay is good" ((in 58 reviews)); "good work culture and work environment" ((in 42 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Zebra Technologies according to real employee reviews?

"salaries were low and not on par with market" ((in 76 reviews)); "Management is poor." ((in 68 reviews)); "Many high level managers don't have leadership or department knowledge and some have never managed before but are connected so they get the position." ((in 36 reviews)); "Senior leadership is grossly out of touch with both customers and employees." ((in 19 reviews)); "No career growth and no bonus" ((in 16 reviews))

What are employees saying about Zebra Technologies layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Zebra Technologies layoffs and their outlook for job security at Zebra Technologies in 2026.

What Zebra Technologies locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Atlanta , Agoura Hills , Lincoln , Boston , Holtsville , Lincolnshire , Chicago , New York , Kennesaw , Morris Plains

Zebra Technologies reviews

3.7

67% would recommend to a friend

(1,697 total reviews)

Bill Burns

77% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Culture & values

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Career opportunities

3.2

Senior management

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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Reviews by job title

2K reviews

2.0

Apr 9, 2013

Good people, top heavy

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The workers at Zebra are some of the best. Very innovative, great ideas and develop with the best intentions. Cool product line. Compensation was competitive but now slipping.

Cons

One of the more political and most reactive corporations ever. It's all about schedule. Don't worry if it works, as long as it's released on schedule, we'll (no, you'll) fix the problems later. And while you're fixing the problems that occurred on the last project, you'll have to work on this new project and make sure it meets schedule. Plagued with incapable micro-managers that are unable or unwilling to make a decision and move forward. Management should not be involved in projects at the molecular level. Lots of interdepartmental bickering. Offshore manufacturing is a complete and undeniable disaster, but with upper management it's all about numbers and will never admit to their mistake. This will continue to hurt the company as well as the deplete any remaining morale of the employee base.

2.0

Mar 26, 2013

it's just whatever, or maybe not, depends, it really depends

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You won't hear many software engineers praising zebra. So really I have nothing to really positive to say about the company. But then at the same time, what software engineer in their right mind would join a manufacturing company ? Not too many. I guess if you're a mechanical engineer, things will get really interesting for you. Some of the printers involve heavy mechanics so if you are given to design them, it is worth the experience. If you're a software engineer, there is not much you can learn or do here.

Cons

Not a good place for a software engineer. As a software engineer, you will not learn any new technologies, you will not learn good coding habits, you will not even know about what design practices or good design practices are, and you will not know how to use them. Your market value as a software engineer will decrease if you work here. So, seriously consider before taking the offer. In terms of compensation, not so great either. Software engineers are among the highest paid workers in this country. Yet Zebra does not realize that and pays them as much as it does to other engineers. Not sure how things are now, but back in the days when I was there, you had to go through lot of hassle in order to get some supplies for you, these include pens, pencils, notepads. In other companies you just go get them from some cabinet. Not at Zebra, fill out the form, get it approved by your manager and you will eventually get your notepads.

4.0

Nov 29, 2012

Good company, but getting more and more top heavy and goal oriented-irrelevant of the costs to the employees

Purchasing

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The company has a great product, the engineers do a great job and the majority of the employees do their job with the best of intentions. The product is key and makes or breaks this type of company. Overall the product is above average and has longevity.

Cons

Management is more focused on profits than employees, which is typical or larger companies. After the mergers and consolidations, Zebra's focus has become solely on profits and cost cutting. Their last step was sending most of the production overseas and then configuring the final product here. Overall the quality suffered but as long as the profits were there, everything else was secondary.

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