Inside Pics of the Zappos Office

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by peter123 • 18 years ago

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mdolon2• 18 years ago

Wow, was not expecting their office to be so lively and fun. Also very cool that the CEO of a company with $1 billion worth of sales works in a cubicle like his employees. Looks like a great place to work!

kirse• 18 years ago

It looks lively, but it also looks like they stuffed every single fun and lively object they could find inside their doors.

Maybe it's just the pictures but their office seems really visually crowded:

http://blogs.openforum.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/zappos...

thomasmallen2• 18 years ago

Forgive me...17th pic: http://blogs.openforum.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/zappos...

Granted, it's low-res, but "Damn."

brandnewlow• 18 years ago

Thought the same thing. We need to get out a lot more.

apmee• 18 years ago

Thanks for bringing this up (at the risk of downvotes for reductionist sexism) so that I didn't have to.

gruseom• 18 years ago

Great inside view of a hyper-successful company. You know what impresses me more than all the shiny/fun stuff? The abundance of natural light.

petercooper6• 18 years ago

When I saw the pictures from inside Pixar, I wasn't too surprised, but.. this is awesome for a company like Zappos. We know they're progressive, but behind closed doors progressive companies are often anything but.

The Zappos offices seem only a foot step away from a surf shack - what a stimulating environment!

Jasber• 18 years ago

I find it cool they give away free books to their employees (4th picture). Just another example of how Zappos does things their own way.

Another cool site featuring office pictures from Apple, Adobe, Craigslist, etc...: http://www.officesnapshots.com/

henning• 18 years ago

http://blogs.openforum.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/zappos...

"It is likely men, women and children will wear shoes for the foreseeable future."

mdolon2• 18 years ago

Interesting.. I wonder if there is a viable alternative or major improvement to shoes in general. We haven't had too much innovation in that area, or at least I can't think of many.

GavinB• 18 years ago

Shoes used to be made out of wood. Now they have ones with a miniature finger operated air pump. That's progress!

ciscoriordan• 18 years ago

http://www.vibramfivefingers.com - The only footwear innovation I've seen recently.

whatusername• 18 years ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike_Free perhaps? (granted - it's a shoe - but it does re-think some of the standard shoe assumptions.

can't think of much else.

ars• 18 years ago

That makes me want to visit there barefoot :)

steveplace• 18 years ago

Just slowly walk in to their large office, look around with wide eyes, and scream "I need some shoes!"

kingkongrevenge• 18 years ago

What is it with these offices that look like some sort of nursery school? Nobody has adult tastes?

uuilly• 18 years ago

I'm sure the weekly standard isn't too popular here but they ran a great cover story called "The Infantilization of Corporate America," that was pretty funny and it speaks to your comment: http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/00...

Shamiq• 18 years ago

I don't think I could any work done there, either. There's one thing to have "character" and another to be distracting as hell.

I probably belong in a basement with a 20cmx20cm window...

iigs• 18 years ago

This company, and the industry it serves, targets a specific clientele maintains a specific image. I don't think their decoration is out of line there, despite the fact that it would drive me bananas.

I agree that the nursery school decor is unwelcome without some overriding design goal, however.

sgibat• 18 years ago

Hm, I disagree. Have you looked at Zappos? They have every kind of shoe imaginable, including many very expensive men's dress shoes. Zappos's market is anyone who uses shoes, which is pretty much everyone.

petercooper6• 18 years ago

Insulting someone's sense of style or taste is not insightful or good commentary - just an ad hominem fallacy.

sofal• 18 years ago

An insult it may be, but it is definitely not an ad hominem fallacy. Please be a little less liberal with that overused term.

petercooper6• 18 years ago

Some voters here consider childish insults worth modding up and someone calling out those insults worth modding down. Ironic, considering that the original insult was implying that Zappo staff members are immature :)

jonursenbach• 18 years ago

Fire hazard, much?

johns• 18 years ago

What. A. Mess.

tdavis• 18 years ago

I honestly started feeling anxious just looking at all that clutter. I couldn't work there a week without a complete mental breakdown. At least the website reflects the office space.

fallentimes• 18 years ago

Me too; it was like apartment hunting all over again.

We should post pics of TS world headquarters. ;p

delano• 18 years ago

And I'm pretty it's as a fire hazard.

thomasswift• 18 years ago

garbage bomb explodes in office :)

pmorici• 18 years ago

Their website [ http://www.zappos.com/ ] looks like their office space... ...cluttered.

thomasmallen2• 18 years ago

Your attitude about their office space is like your comment...lame. It's great what they have going on there.

petercooper6• 18 years ago

I expect their bank balance is also somewhat more cluttered than yours, however.

ctkrohn• 18 years ago

The disorder of their office is matched by the disorder of their website. A billion links, banner ads for unrelated things right in the middle of the website, two search boxes near each other... it's terrible.

aditya• 18 years ago

and yet they're a billion dollar business. :) so much for usability and graphic design...

tom_rath• 18 years ago

Are employees encouraged to display "flair" or is that honestly spontaneous?

ideamonk• 18 years ago

looks like a supermarket to me !

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