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Inside Pics of the Zappos Office
- mdolon 18y agoWow, 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 18y agoIt 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/zappos13.jpg http://blogs.openforum.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/zappos... http://blogs.openforum.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/zappos29.jpg http://blogs.openforum.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/zappos...
- thomasmallen 18y agoForgive me...17th pic: http://blogs.openforum.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/zappos18.jpg http://blogs.openforum.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/zappos... Granted, it's low-res, but "Damn."
- brandnewlow 18y agoThought the same thing. We need to get out a lot more.
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- apmee 18y agoThanks for bringing this up (at the risk of downvotes for reductionist sexism) so that I didn't have to.
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- gruseom 18y agoGreat inside view of a hyper-successful company. You know what impresses me more than all the shiny/fun stuff? The abundance of natural light.
- petercooper 18y agoWhen 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 18y agoI 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/ http://www.officesnapshots.com/
- henning 18y agohttp://blogs.openforum.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/zappos6.jpg http://blogs.openforum.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/zappos... "It is likely men, women and children will wear shoes for the foreseeable future."
- mdolon 18y agoInteresting.. 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 18y agoShoes used to be made out of wood. Now they have ones with a miniature finger operated air pump. That's progress!
- ciscoriordan 18y agohttp://www.vibramfivefingers.com http://www.vibramfivefingers.com - The only footwear innovation I've seen recently.
- whatusername 18y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike_Free 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 18y agoThat makes me want to visit there barefoot :)
- steveplace 18y agoJust slowly walk in to their large office, look around with wide eyes, and scream "I need some shoes!"
- kingkongrevenge 18y agoWhat is it with these offices that look like some sort of nursery school? Nobody has adult tastes?
- uuilly 18y agoI'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/000/000/014/081tidkp.asp http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/00...
- Shamiq 18y agoI 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 18y agoThis 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 18y agoHm, 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.
- petercooper 18y agoInsulting someone's sense of style or taste is not insightful or good commentary - just an ad hominem fallacy.
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- jonursenbach 18y agoFire hazard, much?
- johns 18y agoWhat. A. Mess.
- tdavis 18y agoI 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 18y agoMe too; it was like apartment hunting all over again. We should post pics of TS world headquarters. ;p
- delano 18y agoAnd I'm pretty it's as a fire hazard.
- thomasswift 18y agogarbage bomb explodes in office :)
- pmorici 18y agoTheir website [ http://www.zappos.com/ http://www.zappos.com/ ] looks like their office space... ...cluttered.
- thomasmallen 18y agoYour attitude about their office space is like your comment...lame. It's great what they have going on there.
- petercooper 18y agoI expect their bank balance is also somewhat more cluttered than yours, however.
- ctkrohn 18y agoThe 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 18y agoand yet they're a billion dollar business. :) so much for usability and graphic design...
- tom_rath 18y agoAre employees encouraged to display "flair" or is that honestly spontaneous?
- ideamonk 18y agolooks like a supermarket to me !