When I interviewed for the company I came here to glassdoor and read reviews about how the leadership had no sense of direction for the company. For the first year I didn’t see that at all, but then the tech crash hit and ZB joined in the same layoff wave that hit every other tech company. A layoff wave that has now been proven to have been orchestrated to remove worker bargaining power, drive down salaries, and inflate stock portfolios. Then we joined the “AI” fad and continue to ride that bubble even as it pops, not because customers want it, but because investors want it. It’s pretty clear that leadership is running scared that the money in the bank keeps getting smaller and smaller and our revenue growth is flatlining.
Everyone is exhausted, full time employees are leaving the company while no new FTEs are being hired, and the crunch has not ceased. The recent statement that we should be thankful we aren’t working weekends was beyond tone deaf.
Those old reviews were right, ZenBusiness is floundering, desperate to suckle that venture funding bottle.