ezyVet reviews

I've worked with several start ups and their CEOs in different capacities and one thing I've learnt is that having the brilliant capability to build up a company can often lead to one being slightly egotistical and blind to reason. With ezyVet, I saw a company small enough to really put our heads together and build a culture which would both enable growth (not only in sales but the team as well). This was definitely restricted by the CEO who I believe was ready to bury any internal issues before addressing them. While I was working there, I saw 4 of the 5 people I started with fired or quit under the 90 day trial and 3 or 4 of the Permanent Implementation team members (which was very small to begin with) leave or express that they were planning too I believe the issue in retaining staff, in the implementation team at least, was down to a lot of different little - and mostly manageable issues - combining to make one big issue. To summarise, these were the biggys - We were provided free lunches - sounds great but we were only provided a 30 minute lunch break in the middle of a 9 hour day and I believe this was really a ploy to create a culture of not being able to take time for yourself at lunch - Hours were 8.30 till 5.30 which would be fine but we have very hectic work loads and with only a half hour lunch break where no one left the office, the last half hour was exhausting - When travelling, often long hours of work in the office and travel from city to city with no over time paid. Given a day in lieu for long haul travel though if flying to US etc - Long hours, basic salary of 50k to start and after consulting other members of staff, not huge jump in salary after review (5k typically) - I know its a start up but we are giving a lot of our time to the company and essentially were not getting much back for the time we were giving to the company - Commission dependant on a happy review - this seems like it should be fair enough but this is a developing software which had glitches from new releases and features that still needed to be developed which would often disgruntle clients. This was out of our control and yet our pay was dependent on - Severe lack in support / training when learning how to configure the site. My first implementation, I was going in virtually blind or constantly asking someone what to do. This wasn't fair on me or my client or received inadequate service because I just didn't know what i was doing. I gave it my all but as a result did not receive the commission I really should've received after all the time and effort I put into my work and trying to do the best I could

Where to begin? * The CEO, Hadleigh, is easily the most fragile man I have ever had the displeasure of working with. I'm not sure what kind of scars he collected as a child, but he is determined to hurt everyone in his life - especially his employees, whom I have personally heard referred to as "[redacted at Glassdoor request]." Among other unpleasantries I will spare you. He bullies staff, but in the most cowardly way possible: through his underlings. When his ego has been wounded (by something as benign as daring to disagree with him) he will simply advise his managers to dis-invite you from future meetings and team events until you "get the message." He might start locking you out of systems. He will ignore you like a frightened child in the hall. For Hadleigh alone, you should avoid this company at all costs. * Hadleigh has cultivated an extreme "yes man" culture. He will make up wild goals without planning or consultation, and when you don't meet them, it's your fault. No matter the circumstance, his management team is expected to say things like "you're so smart, Hadleigh." "You're the best CEO in the whole country." "That's such an amazing idea." It's bizarre. Like being in some kind of surreal movie. * The code base is an absolute mess. An increasing number of the team is doing nothing but frantically trying to maintain it, but Hadleigh doesn't appear to understand the concept of maintenance. Foremost, this is because he always just said yes to every customer request, regardless of whether or not delivery was achievable. Functioning software companies have product managers to assess the value, feasibility, and cost of change. Not here! The number of configuration options is now inconceivable. I do not believe the API will ever be in any kind of acceptable working state because of this. * Work life balance does not exist here. It is partially why they hire young, inexperienced people. They don't want people with families because that gets in the way of their work. Said young people also don't understand how they're being taken advantage of. They're less likely to speak up. We were expected to be on call 24/7, work late every night, and work weekends. This was certainly not explained in advance, and questions were brushed aside. * Hadleigh made employees fill in 5 star Glassdoor reviews. He stood behind them and literally watched them make the reviews. Go take another look at those 5 star reviews. Don't they look a little strange? * For ALL of the reasons above you would expect this company to be paying an astronomical wage. After all, who would possibly put up with this nonsense for below industry wages? Nope. Pay here was some of the worst in Auckland, and near the bottom 2% of what I could be earning internationally. If you're reading this, you work in tech and you have options. This is an employee's job market. You will be treated and paid better elsewhere.