Great Company, Poor Financial Decision Making - Anonymous employee Zywave Employee Review

4.0
Dec 12, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

This company had an incredible work environment. I learned a lot, was promoted quickly without fighting tooth and nail, loved my coworkers, LGBTQIA+ friendly, could work from home, had a competitive salary, and unlimited PTO.

Cons

The company laid off 20% of its workforce without warning, most of whom seemed like they were on the tech side of things. The CEO blamed it on the recent turn in the economy but the economy has been fluctuating for years yet they chose to acquire MANY companies in that time. They also didn't need to add in the announcement that it was so the company could keep their 10% growth. A lot of services for clients were even done without being billed despite knowing that the company needed to change finances. Just seems like all of this could have been avoided.

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Zywave Response
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Thank you for your review. Zywave, like many tech companies, had to make the difficult decision to reduce our workforce to align with the macroeconomic headwinds that indicate a recession is likely or already underway. The reduction was lower than 20% and was not disclosed so this comment is inaccurate. We have done everything possible to ensure a supportive transition to those impacted and will continue to do so.

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