A Series of Bad Decisions - Anonymous employee Zapproved Employee Review

1.0
Feb 24, 2022
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Those doing the hard work were great to work with. Also a great place to work if you like being gaslit, thrive on failed promises, and feel joy being guilted into working, donating to causes you don't believe in, and being endlessly criticized by the culture police (DE&I). You may think you appreciate their brand of inclusion until it's wielded as a weapon against you.

Cons

The list is too long. The punchline is a culture of power-wielding with few-to-no promotions, no raises (unless you threaten to quit, and even then), no bonuses; "you get an extra 30 days off every 5 years" which just allows the CEO to go to Mt. Kilimanjaro, but doesn't apply to anyone else because of the panic senior management induces. You won't get to come up with ideas, you just do what you're told, even if it's admittedly a bad idea. Senior management has no clue what they're doing for the actual work, especially in product and engineering, but truck forward lying about their experience and ability to predict a good outcome, which—big shocker—they never did.

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Zapproved Response
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We are sorry that your experience while working at Zapproved has not left you with a favorable impression and appreciate your candid feedback. We strive to create an environment where employees can share their thoughts openly to help us in continuing to improve the employee experience, and regret to hear that you were not comfortable doing so while at Zapproved. Zapproved has an excellent reputation for our internal and external DEI work and it is never our intention or hope that anyone feels judged or pressured to participate. One of our key focus areas for 2022 is also rolling out additional leadership training, including DEI-focused manager training. Our internal promotion rate for 2021 was 42% and we are on track to exceed our goal again in 2022 (well above the tech industry average which comes in at just over 10%). We are proud of our internal focus on developing and promoting high potential employees and regret that your individual experience did not resonate with this. If you’re open to it, please reach out to hr@zapproved.com and we’ll set up a time to talk. - Kersten

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