Tearing apart acquisitions - failing at making the transition successful - Sales Zayo Employee Review

As an “acquired” employee that worked for a successful company with a great culture and talented individuals. Zayo destroyed everything that was good. The first impression of the arrogant CEO was, “We work fast and we’ll make mistakes.” Well Dan, you didn’t lie. There were many talented employees that were let go without even getting a chance to speak to anyone at Zayo during the process. Some of these employees were asked to come back after they realized they were an integral part of our team. It was embarrassing to witness and a poor reflection of those running the different product units at Zayo. I’d attribute this to the abundance of inexperienced college grads in managerial positions. Overall there is a lack of knowledgeable employees. It seems that anyone who’s been there a few months is some type of manager or director; titles don’t reflect experience or knowledge. The comp plan is insulting. Instead of incentivizing employees with RSU’s, pay a better salary/bonus. Your pay is below industry averages. No one wants to wait 15 months until their equity is vested, especially when you’re stock price drops in the future. Additionally, you’re comp plan is purposefully confusing to keep employees from understanding how much they’re being underpaid. You’ll find this out the hard way when you’re sales continue to plunge, only by then you will have lost a lot of good talent.