Zenefits Employee Reviews about "long hours"

Cons

None. If people don't like the hours then they simply aren't passionate about the business or the people or the experience or the opportunity. I worked long hours at my previous jobs and I will work long hours here. The difference? Zenefits is super exciting and meaningful and the people you interact with are amazing. I love that I am growing my skill set like crazy, making awesome connections and am a part of something great. This is an amazing opportunity and you have the chance to be a part of and contributing to something much bigger than yourself. Your career has meaning. Zenefits is a great fit for people looking to push themselves and take their career/life to the next level.

Cons

Working long hours is very common. Reporting hierarchy still being built out, at least on the engineering side of things (probably due to the fact that the company grew from <100 to 1000+ in about a year).

Cons

- Felt as if the recruiter did not give a full picture of what the job entailed - A lot of insurance knowledge is needed, and very specific questions will be asked by companies. There is a very steep learning curve if you do not know anything about insurance - During the interview process, I was told that it was as simple as signing up a company to use Zenefits and you get commission on each 'life'. However, commission is only paid for those employees that sign up and use insurance for whatever company you are selling - Long hours (minimum 10 hours) - although they do tell you before you begin - When I was recruited I was told there would be no territories whatsoever, but than was assigned certain states to work with - Many of the sales managers only had 3 months experience as an Account Executive before becoming a manager

Cons

At the time, toxic politics, culture, and nepotism everywhere. Leadership in their own bubble not taking any action despite all the feedback. Department leaders with 0 experience and relevant skill sets were managing and failing miserably at it. The consequences trickled down and lead to a burned-out and underpaid Operations Team with little career progression. Exciting times between 2015-2016 but outright scary given the waves of lawsuits and layoffs that followed. The Operations team was clocking in 70-80 hour weeks in Q4 and had holiday blackout dates. Felt like a sweatshop disguised as a startup. The company is on its 3rd CEO and downsized almost 50% in 2017. Think hard about what that says about this organization if you're considering joining.

Cons

Poorly Executed Re-org Extremely Horrible Promotion Process - (not based on work quality/experience, but on who ya know) Promoting Employees to Management Roles When Extremely Under Qualified Overselling Clients of Product Capabilities Buggy Software Long Hours (but thats expected) Hard work Goes Unnoticed High Employee Turn Over Lack of Transparency to Clients of Internal Changes Unrealistic Workload Balance in Order to Properly Service Clients Cliquey Culture and Poor Culture (since Parker left, previous CEO) Insufficient Trainings Upper Management and Execs are CLUELESS Lack of Performance Management (poor attempts to implement solution)

Cons

Very long working hours (12+ hours most days) Low potential to move up within the company Constantly rotating upper management

Cons

Only con is the desire to want to work long hours.

Cons

- LONG hours 7a-5p in office then 6-8pm finding new leads at home - Have to find your own leads - At normal places quota is set by averaging what sales reps are doing with some reps hitting high and the rare hitting below BUT at Zenefits it is RARE to even make quota. - Management are just old SDRs (no experience in managing) - Only one defined career path which is an Account Executive - High Turnover

Cons

EVERYTHING ELSE -Expected long hours -have to cheat the system or stay in grey area to hit quota/goals -shady ethically in upper management -upper management is a joke. Lack respect, honor, integrity, caring & most importantly aren't real men or women. Just un-honorable pompous hipsters -Terrible sales cycle/implementation -promised certain things, not even close. A true bait & switch recruiting style -Product is always glitching, down, or broken. -ZERO customer support & the little they do get are from reps that don't know what they're talking about -150% call center mentality & cold calling -DO NOT come here from another respectful sales career with a Fortune 500 company. This place is a joke & will take you backwards in your sales career. They claim to hire 'experience sales professionals with proven track records' only to tell you to stop using those strategies that worked for you in the past & to 'read the script' Its all script here. No rapport, relationship building or 'salesman-ship' You are a human robot.

Cons

This is a new company a lot of exciting things are happening everyday. This also can lead to some frustration when things don't go exactly how there suppose to for you. The good news is you learn way more then you ever thought you would when things don't work perfect and the next time around your that much smarter and more equipped to handle situations. if you take this job remember to be patient and above all stay positive.