Austin Zoo Reviews

1.7

3% would recommend to a friend

(20 total reviews)
Austin Zoo has an employee rating of 1.7 out of 5 stars, based on 20 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a poor working experience there.

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20 reviews
1.0
11 May 2026

Dedicated coworkers but toxic upper management

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Some of the people there are very dedicated to the animals and mission. It seems to be the only reason they stay.

Cons

There are so many things its unbelievable. Unfair and hateful to employees. Upper management is out of control. Anywhere that purposely plants seeds of division among their staff is a toxic place to work.

1.0
30 Aug 2025

Not what you think it is

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The animals are wonderful and have done nothing wrong. They deserve better.

Cons

Negative stars. Please read these reviews and search 'real austin zoo' on google, scroll down for the thumbnail with the white tiger. Animals are neglected and employees are mistreated. Your mental health will slowly deteriorate after seeing what goes on behind the scenes. All after being manipulated and getting paid spare change per hour.

1.0
29 May 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Absolutely none. This place takes away any passion you ever had

Cons

Unless you want to spend money on therapy and dr’s appointments because of how terrible this place is that you will leave damaged mentally and physically don’t work here. The animal care manager is a poor example and spends more time creating cliques than solving any real problems. Most of the keepers ever besides 1-2 don’t do any work and would rather gossip and make rude comments than take care of their assigned animals leaving the 1-2 keepers who care with all the work. And at the top is the director who will openly belittle, scream, and call you names for trying to suggest changes

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