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      Zymergen reviews

      3.0

      41% would recommend to a friend

      (241 total reviews)
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      Joshua Hoffman

      24% approve of CEO

      16% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.7

      Compensation and benefits

      3.6

      Culture & values

      3.6

      Work/Life balance

      3.1

      Career opportunities

      2.5

      Senior management

      Zymergen has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 241 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Zymergen employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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      241 reviews
      2.0
      Oct 22, 2017

      Low morale

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good company vision. Exciting technology and future.

      Cons

      I feel like a hamster in a wheel. I don’t have the basic tools to do my job. I don’t have a voice in the company. I’m just an employee who wants to my job correctly and support the company succeed and innovate. - I can’t do that when I don’t have rudimentary tools to execute in my job function. - I can’t do that when departments don’t communicate with each other and don’t trust each other. Management is too busy covering for themselves instead of representing, growing, and nurturing direct reports. They don’t listen when request for equipment and don’t want to cause any waves.

      2.0
      May 1, 2019

      Cutthroat and growing too fast for their own good.

      Senior research associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good atmosphere and great culture until you look to climb the career ladder. Chance to work with some amazing people. Free food most days.

      Cons

      Chance to become another cog in the “flywheel.” Managers and supervisors become competitive and nasty. The company only cares about enslaving you to their corporate greed. Zymergen has let numerous top tier employees leave because they can’t keep employees happy. This has greatly impacted Zymergen’s direction and trajectory.

      2.0
      May 4, 2018

      Company First, People Last

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      There's lots of free food and beverages & Happy hour is fun Really smart and talented individuals working here Great benefits for the exempt employee's in almost all groups CEO seems to genuinely care about the company and it's employee's and the future of the company Company is somewhat transparent about company goals and projects Company seems to have a bright future ahead of itself

      Cons

      A lot of the reviews on Glassdoor are written by HR to inflate the companies rating on Glassdoor, easily discernible from the real reviews. Job titles and job descriptions do not match up. Hard work is expected in the all departments yet hard work is not actually valued. People definitely are used an abused here. Any promotions & raises are rarely given from the employees because they want things done cheaply. No logistical planning, workers are told to deal with it and more strain is put on multiple teams to get work done. Some departments are treated far better than others. I've seen too many people leave because of a lousy management that can't seem to get their act together and treat their employees right!

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