<story><title>Zenefits cuts nearly 50% of workforce</title><url>http://www.businessinsider.com/zenefits-layoffs-cut-nearly-500-employees-full-email-2017-2</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>StClaire</author><text>I first heard of Zenefits when the CEO withdrew a job offer for someone who asked (anonymously) on Quora if they should accept an offer from Uber or Zenefits. The CEO didn&amp;#x27;t want anyone who wasn&amp;#x27;t all in for Zenefits &amp;quot;world changing&amp;quot; product.&lt;p&gt;Since then: that CEO got busted for writing a chrome plug-in to help people get around California&amp;#x27;s webinar requirement to get a license to sell insurance.&lt;p&gt;And the new CEO—the old COO—sent out a memo that sex in the staircases and alcohol in the office are not OK.&lt;p&gt;And he had to give away a huge portion of equity to early investors who accused the old CEO of turning Zenefits into a criminal enterprise for using unlicensed brokers to sell insurance.&lt;p&gt;This news does not surprise me.</text></comment>
<story><title>Zenefits cuts nearly 50% of workforce</title><url>http://www.businessinsider.com/zenefits-layoffs-cut-nearly-500-employees-full-email-2017-2</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>temp246810</author><text>I worked at Zenefits for a year. Was employee ~600.&lt;p&gt;This move was much needed 1 year ago - just an awful place to work all around.&lt;p&gt;Most of the raelly good people I met there have left - the people I know that stayed either had golden hand cuffs or weren&amp;#x27;t the high achieving type, to put it nicely.</text></comment>