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> “Zenefits has changed a TON in the past couple weeks, and because of that a large part of what I fell in love with at the company no longer exists,” this empl
by ivraatiems 11y ago
> “Zenefits has changed a TON in the past couple weeks, and because of that a large part of what I fell in love with at the company no longer exists,” this employee, who insisted on anonymity, said in an email. “For Zenefits employees, it literally feels as if our Zenefamily was overthrown and replaced with government officials that could care less if we come or go.
> “It’s almost as if they want us all to quit so they can start over.”
Oh, wow, gee, that's so awful! Wow! I'm so sorry you can't get away with lying to the government and your customers any longer. I'm so sorry you can't get drunk at work and pretend you're still in college! Oh, this is just awful. Won't somebody do something?
(/s, as if it were necessary)
The "move fast, break things, grow as much as possible" mindset is not always a good thing. If the product you're making has high potential and low risk, if it's replacing something that isn't critical to people's safety and livelihood or to your customer's day-to-day operations, it's great. If you're making something new the world has never seen before, it's great.
But if you're making sure people are getting paid and have medical coverage? That's not an area where it's an acceptable mentality. I think the issue here is not so much that this ethos is fundamentally flawed (though I guess one could make that case), it's that it is not universal and shouldn't have been treated as if it were.
Also - respect to Buzzfeed for taking what could have been a hit piece and making it fairly comprehensive/thoughtful.
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- simonw 11y agoYep - and Buzzfeed have been on a bit of a streak of hiring high-caliber journalists recently (cynically, I imagine they are helped by the fact that many of the old-guard publications are having to cut their staff).
- sgrove 11y agoYour reply would have been significantly more compelling without the sarcastic rant. Your point afterwards is worthwhile, but the first paragraph made me sad to read.
- ivraatiems 11y agoFair. I was channeling the South Park cable company guys when I wrote it. I'm gonna leave it as is, though, because to be honest the sentiment behind it is important to me. It really cheeses me off to see employees in a toxic (for this kind of work) culture playing the victim for what amounts to getting caught.
- st3v3r 11y agoThat "Zenefamily" made me cringe.
- cylinder 11y ago>Oh, wow, gee, that's so awful! Wow! I'm so sorry you can't get away with lying to the government and your customers any longer. I'm so sorry you can't get drunk at work and pretend you're still in college! Oh, this is just awful. Won't somebody do something? Yes, thank you. Keep it up please.
- mathattack 11y agoThe Glassdoor rating of Zenefits crashed a lot earlier than the past few weeks.