Don’t interview here - Engineer Zoox Employee Review

1.0
21 Feb 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great food, knowledgeable ICs, leadership visibility.

Cons

CEO regularly makes entitled remarks and has joked about the 401k match being cut. There’s a massive effort to get milestones completed so 60hr weeks are common as is something called a “weekend push” on many weekends. Equity has been missing projections annually. You WILL be down leveled when you join, and promotions are slow- don’t believe recruiters. Director to VP level leadership is always making a try for power to make their own department look good, and consistently set unrealistic deadlines that are impossible to meet from the get-go, then justify the delays questionably or focus too much on Jira being the solution. We have all the downsides of a small company and a larger one too. Oh and the culture is becoming increasingly very toxic in all departments- starting with performance reviews, which are known to be highly subjective with favoritism prevalent, and stemming from first-level managers.

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1.0
31 Mar 2026
Anonymous contractor
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The tech is cool and there are passionate workers making it happen

Cons

Negligent management, basically asking for burn out which seems to be on par with their parent company's model. Safety? Yeah, sure I guess. Dangling, exposed wires, unsanitary bathroom conditions, and being told "you don't have to be here" when bringing up genuine concerns. We're all adults here yet they seem motivated to treat you like children in a boarding school. I know 10+ individuals with years experience in the AV space who left less than a year into being onboarded. What a waste of resources. I was flown out for training, didn't get my flight ticket until a literal hour before departure after blowing up HR and local leadership (none of which responded or checked in after the fact). Borderline illegal, heck who am I kidding, straight up illegal OSHA violations at the depots. Scheduled less than 6 hours between shifts (hello??? Do we want an incident). Also, being a contractor is a joke. You never know where you stand, managers report you to the contractor before ever telling you anything. Straight nerve racking conditions. If it means anything, I have turned down two recruiters offering twice my current salary (ouch) because it meant I'd have to work for Zoox and their horrible management again.

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