Zizoo Reviews

3.0

47% would recommend to a friend

(111 total reviews)

Anna Banicevic

52% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Zizoo has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 111 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Zizoo employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Hotel and travel accommodation industry (3.6 stars).

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111 reviews
1.0
18 Jul 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Friends - all of whom have also left the company at this point

Cons

From the beginning I was skeptical of taking this job, since they wrote me a fake contract to get my visa approved because the salary is so little and being asked to start working illegally before my visa was processed. All of Zizoo's responses about supporting the health and well-being of their employees are untrue. We were told "not to become sick" during long winter months and asked to work incredibly long hours, never being compensated for working overtime (sometimes as much as working 12 days in a row and staying in the office until midnight). Even during the interview I was asked, "how will you ever go on holiday if you are always working?" Well, I guess that proved to be true when I requested 5 days holiday 6 weeks in advance and it was rejected immediately because one other team member was going on a week-long holiday in the entire month of March. Weekends and public holidays were barely compensated (75 Euro for a whole weekend...). Bonuses paid in cash, requiring some random receipts to be pulled up just to get it paid out, and never on time. Zizoo is concerned with one thing: getting to the top. The problem is, they don't want to put in the work it takes to build a strong foundation to actually get there. They care about cutting corners (including loyal employees and their salary), taking short cuts and telling whatever lies it requires along the way. I think that time will show this is no way to achieve being a top company and the structure will surely crumble underneath, as it is one that has been merely taped together rather than waiting for the glue to dry.

1.0
4 Jun 2019

One of my worst working experiences

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

They hire passionate and professional people.

Cons

In my time at Zizoo, I felt extremely unappreciated and worked to the point of exhaustion. Over time this led to an extremely unhealthy work-life balance and impacted my physical and mental health negatively. I believe that Zizoo view their employees as a commodity and nothing more, offering no respite to combat the undue stress they put people under and instead adding more to it even when it is communicated. There is an unhealthy culture in this business and this is the primary reason for their high staff turnover. I know of a high number of other people who have also felt the same or similar and also left the company. These people were all very professional and will be massively missed by the company.

Zizoo Response
6y
Thank you for your feedback, which we have taken very seriously. We are sorry to hear your point of view. Zizoo takes many measures to ensure that we hire passionate and professional people, as you have mentioned, but we also make a great effort to ensure a happy and healthy office. In doing so, we offer our colleagues flexible working hours, health and wellness packages as well as healthy snacks in the office. We encourage our colleagues to take long holidays to have some proper R&R time. We also recognise the hard work of our team members through promotions and bonuses while also facilitating personal and professional growth and working on initiatives to improve the office environment and company perks. We are very proud of the fact that we have a happy and motivated team, many of whom have left us positive feedback. Our product, working environment and growth also earned us a feature as one of Berlin's top startups to work for. We truly hope that you could have benefited from some of our initiatives during your time at Zizoo and thank you again for your feedback.
2.0
14 Nov 2019

A place to grow - but not for everyone

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Nice office and some events are really cool. Fun people who are not only colleagues but became friends also. Also it's a cool product.

Cons

They hire you with lots of expectations and promises but fail to meet them and then they don't care about your career in the company. Only people who are close to the CEO and pushy enough seem to get what they want. There was an investor party with awards for the team, everyone was asked to vote but then it seems the management just decides for themselves who gets them. Super high targets and a lot of pressure is put to meet them, it's crazy.. It's time to move on finally as i don't see any future there.

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