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Not a huge surprise given the events of late, especially considering they laid off more than a hundred of their employees. If this is the public slash they are

Not a huge surprise given the events of late, especially considering they laid off more than a hundred of their employees. If this is the public slash they are announcing, how bad do you think reality is looking on the inside? Just imagine the spin masters trying to spin this to their employees. I can't help but chuckle a little. Kids. That being said, I'll add that there are certainly aspects of this that are not funny at all. Real people lost their jobs due to the tomfoolery of others. I feel for them. edit Are you saying that all 100 people got the generous severance package?

foota 10y ago
At the end of the article it states that they offered their employees a chance to leave if they wanted with a generous severance package and that 10% took it. Doesn't sound like they forced them to leave.
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- rhizome 10y ago
  It's only generous in dotcom terms. My mom took an early-retirement package from Kaiser Permanente as a bog-standard phone-room nurse: free no-copay health insurance for the rest of her and my dad's life. Free treatment, free prescriptions, free equipment. Free everything, for life.
  - pbreit 10y ago
    That costs a health care company very little.
    - rhizome 10y ago
      You didn't know my dad! Suffice it to say they have definitely lost money on the deal.
  - toomuchtodo 10y ago
    That's incredible. Kudos for her taking that deal.
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  - vecter 10y ago
    That's a great deal for your mom, I'm glad she was able to get such an amazing deal. On the other hand, Zenefits is an unprofitable startup with huge internal problems. Clearly, expecting them to provide such sorts of benefits would be beyond unreasonable.
    - rhizome 10y ago
      On the other hand, Zenefits is an unprofitable startup with huge internal problems. That's the "dotcom" part, but yeah.
      - vecter 10y ago
        I strongly beg to differ. That's just every startup in general. The dotcom days were way more debaucherous and perverse than what's going on today with startups.
        rhizome 10y ago
        Sorry, my mistake, I was using "dotcom" for the larger movement beyond the 2000 crash, including today. I was there, I can see the differences and similarities.
  - traviscj 10y ago
    What? Early retirement is a different ballgame than severance package. Why should zenefits be on the hook (or compared to) for the former?
    - rhizome 10y ago
      They way I see it, they are both push-outs of staff.
- muzz 10y ago
  Looks like they did both, they laid off 106 and then another 129 took the package: https://techcrunch.com/2016/06/14/zenefits-is-laying-off-another-106-people-and-offering-others-a-buyout/ https://techcrunch.com/2016/06/14/zenefits-is-laying-off-ano... https://www.buzzfeed.com/williamalden/129-zenefits-staff-quit-after-offer-from-ceo https://www.buzzfeed.com/williamalden/129-zenefits-staff-qui...
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paultannenbaum 10y ago
I have a friend who worked at Zenefits and told me about the offer. Everyone in the company was offered two months salary and paid COBRA health benefits for four months if they wanted to leave. According to him more than 10% left.

foota 10y ago

At the end of the article it states that they offered their employees a chance to leave if they wanted with a generous severance package and that 10% took it. Doesn't sound like they forced them to leave.

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rhizome 10y ago
It's only generous in dotcom terms. My mom took an early-retirement package from Kaiser Permanente as a bog-standard phone-room nurse: free no-copay health insurance for the rest of her and my dad's life. Free treatment, free prescriptions, free equipment. Free everything, for life.
- pbreit 10y ago
  That costs a health care company very little.
  - rhizome 10y ago
    You didn't know my dad! Suffice it to say they have definitely lost money on the deal.
- toomuchtodo 10y ago
  That's incredible. Kudos for her taking that deal.
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- vecter 10y ago
  That's a great deal for your mom, I'm glad she was able to get such an amazing deal. On the other hand, Zenefits is an unprofitable startup with huge internal problems. Clearly, expecting them to provide such sorts of benefits would be beyond unreasonable.
  - rhizome 10y ago
    On the other hand, Zenefits is an unprofitable startup with huge internal problems. That's the "dotcom" part, but yeah.
    - vecter 10y ago
      I strongly beg to differ. That's just every startup in general. The dotcom days were way more debaucherous and perverse than what's going on today with startups.
      - rhizome 10y ago
        Sorry, my mistake, I was using "dotcom" for the larger movement beyond the 2000 crash, including today. I was there, I can see the differences and similarities.
- traviscj 10y ago
  What? Early retirement is a different ballgame than severance package. Why should zenefits be on the hook (or compared to) for the former?
  - rhizome 10y ago
    They way I see it, they are both push-outs of staff.
muzz 10y ago
Looks like they did both, they laid off 106 and then another 129 took the package: https://techcrunch.com/2016/06/14/zenefits-is-laying-off-another-106-people-and-offering-others-a-buyout/ https://techcrunch.com/2016/06/14/zenefits-is-laying-off-ano... https://www.buzzfeed.com/williamalden/129-zenefits-staff-quit-after-offer-from-ceo https://www.buzzfeed.com/williamalden/129-zenefits-staff-qui...

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paultannenbaum 10y ago

I have a friend who worked at Zenefits and told me about the offer. Everyone in the company was offered two months salary and paid COBRA health benefits for four months if they wanted to leave. According to him more than 10% left.