Low and Lacking Collective Experience in Leadership - Senior Product Manager/Senior Product Owner Zoro Employee Review

2.0
13 June 2025
Recommend
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Pros

A lot of the people that work there are passionate about what they do. Some people there are truly talented, mostly the software developers.

Cons

From what I experienced, they aren't being held accountable for much, however their sales remain high as they have Grainger as a distribution network to provide same/next 2 day delivery on most the items they sell. They are somewhat given a blank check to operate without fear, given their parent company who's a somewhat Giant - 'Grainger inc (Stock: GWW)' Currently is lurking around their highest ever Market Cap, Which is over $50 Billion and trading at over $1,000 a share. The low and/or lacking collective experience in leadership will be it's collective downfall if they ever need to operate without "papas piggy bank" The leaders are there for themselves, they use positions to gain titles and move into companies elsewhere due to the veil that exists. This all leads to low employee satisfaction. They shut down this voice by paying them outrageous sums of money, and kicking the block out of anyone who tries to break up 'THE BOYS CLUB" if you aren't a title credible employee, you are bugpaste to them. I mentioned the leadership due to the lack of experience of leaders that were promoted into positions they aren't quite trained for. There are a lot of leaders that have just been there long enough to slip into leadership as an easy role to fill.

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5.0
24 Feb 2026
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Pros

Great culture to work at must apply!

Cons

Needs a structured recruiting process.

4.0
7 Feb 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- really great people and culture. people stay for a long time for a reason - great work/life balance - work is interesting and can be as challenging as you want it to be, but not too demanding - plenty of areas to contribute - company is profitable and stable, never felt like i had to worry about layoffs or paycuts

Cons

- compensation is quite low compared to other companies in and out of the area. I went from making 147k to 120k. - stingiest holiday calendar I've seen in my life! they really give you the absolute bare minimum. The only days you get are Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, and New Years Day. Six days. Crazy. - Not a huge con, but depending on the team, the technical and coding standards aren't very high. would have appreciated more scrutiny and feedback there - your experience will definitely vary from team to team - I haven't personally experienced this, but heard they're pushing AI HARD now, to the point where it's forced - occasionally dealt with mandates from the president and c-suite that overruled my own team's priorities and thoughts. It didn't bother me much, but was definitely annoying and led to project delays and wasted time

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