A chaotic and stressful place to work. - Software Engineer Zinnia Employee Review

1.0
Apr 18, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Remote Work. Decent pay and benefits.

Cons

Too many to list, I could honestly write an entire novel of the issues at zinnia. This company uses to be called SE2 Inc (Check out those reviews too btw...) here's the key points: 1. Chaotic and stressful working environment. 2. Extremely high turnover rate, not just at the bottom but at the the top too... 3. Little to no coding standards. 4. Enormous tech debt..code base is a mess. 5. Excessive amount of managers assigned to one project... 6. Lots of micromanagement. I highly caution against anyone considering working here... this place felt very much like a sinking ship.

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Zinnia Response
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Thank you for taking the time to give us your feedback. We are truly sorry that you had a negative experience at Zinnia. Your candid perspectives, will help us deliver better people outcomes. The more we learn about what is working and isn't, the more we can do to improve. Our growth and success is founded in our team. Things that are top of mind to us is empowering and levelling up our learning and development tools to ensure that we offer all employees the ability to up skill and cross skill. We’re making progress on many fronts, but have a lot to still do.

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