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Gusto co-founder here! We actually changed our name because ZenPayroll no longer adequately described what we bring to our customers. We're not just payroll and
by edawerd 11y ago
Gusto co-founder here! We actually changed our name because ZenPayroll no longer adequately described what we bring to our customers. We're not just payroll and payments. Gusto is all about empowering companies to put people first.
- darksaints 11y agoI see the MBAs have gotten to you.
- coderdude 11y agoWhat do you mean by that? It's catchy and fun but not really informative or helpful by itself.
- forgetsusername 11y ago>What do you mean by that? To some on HN, MBAs are uninformed miscreants who ruin everything. Everything but engineering is a waste of money.
- coderdude 11y agoI know. Cheap shots should involve more work, though.
- saosebastiao 11y agoIf it involves more work, it's not a cheap shot :) Really though, I don't have anything against what he said, nor against MBAs (...well, some MBAs maybe). It was just poking fun at vacuous sounding corporatespeak.
- jsprogrammer 11y agoJust like the comment it was in response to. >We're not just payroll and payments. Gusto is all about empowering companies to put people first.
- seiji 11y agoThe vague mission statement of "empowering companies to put people first" that could mean literally anything from genocide to running a grocery store.
- mgkimsal 11y agoexactly. which people? employees? customers? someone else?
- falsestprophet 11y ago"Gusto is all about empowering companies to put people first." This could mean anything or nothing. But he knew that already
- coderdude 11y agoIn the context that it was said, it's not very ambiguous. It's obvious what they do and you can see what they're branching out into. It sounds vague and like corporate-speak on first gloss but it does make sense.
- espinchi 11y agoWell, not necessarily. Starting off with a more accurate keyword (payroll) and then broadening it up as you extend your service (benefits) makes sense to me, and I'm far from having an MBA. Also, the prefix "zen" is being a little bit abused these days.
- pc86 11y ago> Starting off with a more accurate keyword (payroll) and then broadening it up as you extend your service (benefits) They should have renamed to Zenefits! Wait...
- jansen 11y agoMakes a ton of sense, good work guys. Congrats!
- onedev 11y agoIt actually makes no sense at all...