Solid company, lots of growth potential - Kursleiter / Pflegehelfer Izenda Employee Review

5.0
May 8, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I love working for Izenda, I've been promoted during my stay and I've been able to grow consistently in the company. I've been able to turn my life around and eliminate debt thanks to Izenda. The sky is the limit in the sales department and the product just keeps getting better under Sanjay (the CEO). It's in use by some of the biggest organizations in the world and household names like Verizon and Microsoft rave about it. Louie Bernstein (the CSO) is very patient, and he trains employees persistently on best sales practices. The company has seen record growth every single year it's been in existence. The hours are flexible, the work isn't demanding, and you can be a part of the company by helping it grow. You can offer ideas and have them listened to. You can go home feeling moral and secure if you just do what is asked of you. It is an incredible professional experience.

Cons

You have to be willing to work your buns off. There isn't a whole lot of hand holding, if you can't keep up you may feel frustrated but help is available when you ask for it. Everyone wants you to succeed here, but you've got to have the right attitude and work ethic. The people who complain the most, leave the fastest and are generally terrible employees from the get go. Be willing to help yourself and be professional, you'll go far at Izenda.

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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

Some of my teammates were very hard-working and kind.

Cons

Izenda has been around since 2002 and is still a messy startup. They have no dedicated HR person, which is reflective of how little the company values its employees. While other companies give out perks like snacks and flex hours, Izenda offers nothing, and, in addition, requires all employees across departments to record their work hours using a time tracking software. The company's hiring practices are shady - The support team is partly made up of bright people who were hired as developers but are tricked into answering tickets and dealing with people's day-to-day issues. My own title was changed arbitrarily two months into my time at Izenda, and I was never told why. Organizationally, there is no growth path in place and, upon asking around, I found that advancement within the company is rare. I was not compensated appropriately for my workload. Even when it suddenly literally doubled due to the firing of one of my teammates, no pay increase was mentioned and when I tried to discuss it I was simply told that I "would be fine." As part of the support structure at Izenda, my inability to help my customers succeed with the product (due to blocking issue after blocking issue) weighed on my morale and I became burnt out, as did my colleagues. Ultimately, my hard work was not appreciated in any meaningful way and I left the company feeling like management had tried to pull the wool over my eyes.

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Izenda Response
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Thank you for the note. Time-tracking was to streamline client-relations and make billing/invoicing for hours spent easier to do. Also, it makes it easier to provide clients with visibility into the amount of time we spend on a task. I'm sorry you did not think we had any "perks", but we are a small business and the average employee has been with the business for 5.5 years - pretty outstanding. We have a dedicated Human Capital team member and we implemented Small Improvements (a tool for developing and rewarding staff and keeping everyone on the same page) in the beginning of 2019. We wish you the best Pat!
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