Good people, but growth and leadership are real challenges - Marketing Zendesk Employee Review

3.0
2 Feb 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

people are genuinely kind, collaborative and easy to work with. benefits are solid- good health coverage wellness perks and flexibility work life balance is generally reasonable depending on team.

Cons

upward mobility is limited and promotions often tied to tenure rather than performance talent level vary widely across same job titles, creates inconsistency in execution and expectations ongoing cost cutting and periodic job elimination keep people on edge

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5.0
4 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great culture, good work life balance, excellent team mates, Everyone is focused on extremely bright solutions-oriented collaboration.

Cons

Many systems to learn, but this is true for any large company.

2.0
12 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The people you work directly with are nice and the unlimited PTO was nice, and everyone was very chill about you taking time off when you needed.

Cons

It used to be a pretty good place to work but then after Zendesk got acquired everything slowly got worse and worse culture-wise. There were also multiple layoffs and re-orgs that caused a lot of confusion and cognitive debt, all the while management was still expecting more productivity somehow???? With layoffs practically every year and veiled threats about having to use AI more (more how?! There was no direction), working there kind of felt like working with a gun to my head.

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