Dreadful leadership. Avoid. - Software Engineer Zego Insurance Employee Review

1.0
15 Jul 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great people to work with.

Cons

Leadership are terrible. Since joining 18 months ago, there has been 4 restructures, two rounds of redundancies and 3 completely brand new sets of company OKRs. Zego is still running with a start up mentality as leadership refuse to do any proper planning and due diligence. The result is carnage throughout all of 2022 with little value being added to customers or the business as a result of poor leadership. People spend more time trying to make the random structural changes work than actually doing work Leadership pretend to listen but take no accountability and don’t actually make any change. The focus on wellbeing is a cover to hide the that leadership will sign you up to unmanageable deadlines. No amount of free counselling will solve for the anxiety the dreadful leadership decisions cause. You’re rewarded for treating people like resources at this company. The recent redundancy round resulted in people being let go with no notice and were cut from systems within 1 minute so people couldn’t say goodbye to their friends and colleagues.

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Zego Insurance Response
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Hi, thank you for taking the time to share your feedback Your comments are noted, and I appreciate that change is never easy. Regretfully we haven't been able to avoid headcount reductions at Zego, like many other organisations in this macro environment - we have had to adjust course and adapt to this changed external environment. However, we continue to ensure our colleagues (former or current) are treated fairly and respectfully. We work hard to create open dialogue between our colleagues and the business, by hosting regular live huddles/AMAs (Ask me Anything) with the leadership team, and enabling anonymous questioning of the leadership, so that Zegons can openly ask any questions they may have. With regards to changes in our plans, as a scale-up business that has its sights set on disrupting an industry, there are inevitably moments where work and areas of focus for teams and team members needs to shift. One of our key points of difference as an insurtech is that by using technology, we can move and adapt quickly when it makes sense to do so. Additionally, our Peakon survey also enables our colleagues to share their thoughts and feelings anonymously, with ‘Management Support’ and ‘Freedom of Opinion’ continuing to score highly. Thanks again for sharing your thoughts. Sahel @ Zego

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