Working at Zinio in San Francisco, CA: 3 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in San Francisco, CA Area

"Zinio was a good place to work, but could have greatly improved the environment by investing in systems that would have provided employees better tools to do their jobs. In 8 years for working in Finance and Accounting, the only system improvement were those developed internal to the accounting group and resulted in band-aid like process improvement, rather than game changing solution that would have created improvement company wide."

"Nice company to be in to learn the latest trends in mobile mkt."

What do you like about working at Zinio?

"The technology stack and possibility to learn digital and mobility space."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"- Learn what Zinio does.- Download the app. - Learn the eco system and competitors."

What don't you like about working at Zinio?

"I dont think we have good leadership, no growth, confused product strategy."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"- Hire more hands-on engineers.- Hire good product managers.- Product strategy well thought of."

What do you like about working at Zinio?

"Technology and product vision and the market space (consumer product)."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Avoid Zinio as a company until they mature. The stock unit plan is unacceptable. There is only 2% of units available to employees and the units do not vest (you lose them all if you leave no matter how long you have worked there). Given today's market, this is unacceptable."

What don't you like about working at Zinio?

"Executive team and stock unit plan was horrible. No vesting. You lose all options if you leave."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Replace CEO. Fix stock unit plan. Focus on a product roadmap that adds in actual revenue streams."