Czero Reviews

4.1

91% would recommend to a friend

(12 total reviews)
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Guy Babbitt

100% approve of CEO

92% positive business outlook

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5.0
16 July 2024
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Pros

The two things I loved the most while working at Czero were the projects and the people. The projects felt impactful (mostly clean energy/clean tech), and were always super interesting and technically challenging. I never got bored because there was always something new to learn, and management was receptive to feedback about what skills I wanted to learn, or types of projects I wanted to work on. It's a close-knit team with a positive work environment. Everyone is very respectful of each other and ideas and values collaboration and team work.

Cons

The only cons are ones related to the inherent nature of consulting rather than Czero as a company. There were inevitably times with urgent deadlines, and some slow times in between. Also it was sometimes disappointing to get really invested in a project's success, but not get to hear about it after the customer's project with Czero ended.

5.0
1 June 2020
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Pros

Good team environment, good opportunity for self-growth and project management exposure. Success of projects highly dependent on individual contributions. Management makes conscious effort to listen and evaluate employee concerns if they arise. Competitive salaries. Constant influx of different, interesting, and challenging work. Good exposure to wide array of different markets and applications. With respect to workload, it is manageable and weekly labor averages around 45hrs for most employees.

Cons

With all small, relatively new company, there are growing pains and volatility on work load, although few are far between. There is room for improvement and development in process control and standardization.

5.0
3 Jan 2020
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Pros

Projects: The best part about working at Czero was the constant exposure to interesting, diverse, and challenging projects, typically oriented towards making a positive impact on the planet. Imagine working within an interdisciplinary team to apply academic principals (yes, even the ones you swore you’d never use in college) to solve real world problems that stumped even top technology OEMs – often, Czero’s clients- and you have the typical Czero project. Plus, projects typically include a manufacturing and test phase, so you’ll have the satisfaction of seeing your work come to life. Your project portfolio at Czero is guaranteed to boost your engineering abilities and marketability. Team: Czero’s engineering team was incredible, both personally and professionally. It’s nice to come to work knowing your colleagues will contribute and encourage you to do the same. Expect a team member to blow up weeks’ worth of work in a design review but buy you a beer at Odell’s the same day. Always embodying the concept of work hard- play hard, I appreciated the comradery that came with late nights with the team, whether it be at the office racing a deadline, or at the notoriously raucous holiday parties. Management: Guy and Chris were excellent leaders. They had high expectations but were also down to earth and understanding. They were transparent about the business, including when lean times appeared on the horizon. Even when they were completely swamped (which they usually were), I knew if I really needed something, they would take the time to listen and engage. Years after leaving Czero, I still consider them some of my most trusted mentors, and still call on them from time to time.

Cons

Diversity: To no apparent fault of management, Czero’s team looked like it was plucked from a Fort Collins brewery during my tenure (or, more accurately, a mechanical engineering classroom). Unless it's changed since I left at the end of 2017, expect to work with people who are mostly white, male, and 25-35. Furthermore, the nature of a consulting company means that you will be working almost exclusively with engineers; some might struggle with that compared to, for example, a technology start up where you will work with people in sales, finance, accounting, operations, etc. Structure: Czero has a relatively flat hierarchy. Aside from the 3 company managers, there are basically staff engineers and team leads; even then, when projects finish, the team lead will often fold into someone else’s project as another contributing engineer. This is largely the nature of the beast with a small to mid-sized consulting company. While the structure might be difficult for someone motivated to continually leveling up, many might see this as a pro: young engineers will get much more responsibility and exposure than is typical, and those not interested in other aspects of running a company (business development, sales, HR, being someone’s “boss”) can happily focus on engineering.

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