Recruiter call first, then a video call with a current team member and a final call with the hiring manager. I got to the third round and pretty quickly realized even if I were offered this job it wasn’t likely I’d accept it.
For many reasons:
#1 this position has an actual SALES type of salary. It was a 60/40 split. Anyone that works in CS, this is not a true sales role and I wasn’t excited about the possibility of this type of pay structure. Typically it’s a base salary plus a commission/bonus.
#2 lots of benefits reviews on here detailing a change in their PTO structure. Apparently employees aren’t allowed to carry more than 80 hours (two weeks) of PTO at a time. They say it helps relieve stress and reminds you to take more time off but it’s really more of a method to ensure you don’t leave the company and then they have large amounts of accrued time they have to pay you out for. It also prevents anyone from taking a substantial vacation or visiting family across the country or world bc there’s a 2 week max. ICK!
#3 they have a pretty egregious parental leave policy. 4 weeks is what I read under benefits. A company this established and this large can do a LOT better than this. This doesn’t tell me I’d have a good experience here being a working parent. It also tells me they probably don’t support working parents in other ways. Flexibility etc… there are small companies doing a better job in this category.
#4 THE BIGGEST REASON: outdated recruitment procedures that are out of touch with market fluctuations in other industries. The hiring manager actually asked me (from reviewing my resume) why I have jobs listed where I only worked there for 2-3 years and she went all the way back to 2012 for this information! 2-3 years isn’t job hopping! She didn’t think I would be able to last at their company for 5+ years which is what she was getting at. I’m not sure if this was a Zebra policy to ask or her personally. But note to anyone - EMPLOYEES DO NOT LEAVE COMPANIES THAT TREAT THEM WELL AND PAY THEM FAIRLY. Not accounting for the housing market crash (which was a recession and If it didn’t affect you then you’re just lucky - so many industries had super high unemployment rates during this time). This shows how outdated their mentality is.
Such a shame. You can certainly do better.