LegalZoom reviews

4.0

72% would recommend to a friend

(914 total reviews)

Jeff Stibel

79% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

LegalZoom has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 914 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The LegalZoom employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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914 reviews
1.0
Oct 29, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting product. You will learn a lot about legal filings and processes. Good information for anyone to have. Marketplace for food, some food subsidized (but way over-priced, so "subsidized" means paying a little above gas station prices for snacks and drinks), and there is a gym there for any workout types.

Cons

LegalZoom used to be a great place to work. It is now anything but. The company sold controlling stake to Permira, which has turned the company into an assembly line. You will be micromanaged to no end, given an unrealistic workload, and not compensated for your effort. Capped commission, a labyrinthian "points structure" to determine bonus, and a team of "quality assurance" agents (many with little or no sales experience) that "judge" the "quality" of your call, and their subjective and convoluted rubric for "quality" will determine half of your compensation. And closing a sale has no bearing on the "quality" or "success" of the sales call. When you close your sales, enjoy an incompetent and inconsistent fulfillment/"customer care" team that will inevitably fail to fulfill their end, which will lead to customers calling YOU back to complain. Rather than spending time on your actual job (SELLING), you will have to apologize and cover for others. LegalZoom's services and pricing structures are pure madness. The number of disclaimers due to certain subscriptions buried into the offerings, the number of "line item" charges and rules for cancellation to explain, and the incoherent overlap of product offerings means any customer calling CANNOT get an honest price quote without a 6-7 minute lecture. A large amount of calls are people just wanting an honest, quick estimate of what to expect. You will not be able to deliver this, and it ticks a LOT of people off. The work experience is an absolute grindhouse. Get ready to be micromanaged and monitored to no end. I could go on, but I tire of this. If you are desperate, then go for it. If you have real experience and talent (or self-respect) do not waste your time.

1.0
Sep 18, 2014

The Worst Place to Work Ever

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Free drinks and free lunch (sometimes)

Cons

The worst executive team ever! The CEO and co-founders are still bouncing around, thinking they have the answer to everything. Obviously they don't. They led a failed IPO! Their ideation vomits have wasted millions!!!! They just can't stop telling everyone how to do their jobs. Their priority is to make a quick buck and they will do anything to do so, even to the detriment of the customer. Don't they understand why sales are down? All the good people are gone! It's criminal that John Suh and the co-founders are still employed.

1.0
Feb 7, 2013

Truth about the recent positive reviews

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent perks, food, parties, nice office

Cons

The recent positive reviews are written by managers to boost up their scores here. Isn’t it odd that several positive reviews showed up all of sudden within few days? As more truth about this company is published here, the company are having harder time getting new hires. And the smart ones read the reviews and not take this job. I agree that every company has its share of people who are happy and unhappy with thier work place. But majority here are extremely unhappy. And the reviewer who said Legalzoom is a “competitive” place - it’s called “backstabbing” and not “competitive”. Everyone is threatened to be fired & are expendable unless you hit 120% of your quota so everyone’s just trying to survive until they find a new job. That’s how they run this place and makes for a bad place to work. And that reviewer who said the company is in growing pain...if a company is still experiencing growing pains after 10+ years and 3+ years in Austin, it doesn’t sound like the company knows what it’s doing and has questionable leadership. This reaffirms a lot of things that people have been talking about - bad training, micromanaging, leadership, etc...

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