What is the feeling of job security at Zola?

Bagel Thursdays are single handled carrying the culture

Zola used to feel like a fun, inclusive, supportive place to work and in the last couple of years it’s taken a turn for the worse Ever since we appointed a co-CEO (which is weird enough as it is for such a small company) she has single handedly destroyed the culture. One town hall she actually got up in front of the entire company and said “I am always right about everything” and laughed. She is out of control, catty, and everyone walks on eggshells around her. I’ve also heard her trash people just for leaving the company for better opportunities and acts like everyone should give Zola blind loyalty. But it’s ok for her to be a part of laying off over a third of the company? Hypocrisy at its finest. The company went through massive layoffs last year and is down to a skeleton crew. Zola used to have a full, diverse HR team and now there is only one person left for HR for the whole company. Major red flag. Unless major changes happen I don’t see Zola coming back from this.

- Some really great people work there - Sometimes we had cake

- Management changes their core business plan every other year - Recurrent layoffs (3 in 3 years) followed by restructuring followed by hiring without much thought. Just seems like a boat with a hole in the bottom that they keep having to bail out. - Not a lot of internal movement. Especially because they tend to lay folks off at the same experience level every time. - Micromanagement - Upper management is so attached/possessive of the business that they don't know how to be hands off. Not willing to listen to new ideas or take risks. Make decision based on their "gut" or experience, but doesn't seem to be very data driven. - Penny pinchers - management sacrificed a lot of core culture and joy when the numbers started failing. Also delayed yearly comp raises due to layoffs. - Company has lost its vision and its soul.

- Some really great people work there - Sometimes we had cake

- Management changes their core business plan every other year - Recurrent layoffs (3 in 3 years) followed by restructuring followed by hiring without much thought. Just seems like a boat with a hole in the bottom that they keep having to bail out. - Not a lot of internal movement. Especially because they tend to lay folks off at the same experience level every time. - Micromanagement - Upper management is so attached/possessive of the business that they don't know how to be hands off. Not willing to listen to new ideas or take risks. Make decision based on their "gut" or experience, but doesn't seem to be very data driven. - Penny pinchers - management sacrificed a lot of core culture and joy when the numbers started failing. Also delayed yearly comp raises due to layoffs. - Company has lost its vision and its soul.

It has a great work environment.

Job security is at risk.

Great people to work with on day-to-day. Mainly left-leaning values among employees/leadership.

Layoffs in 2023 and earlier