Shady business practices, shady leadership - Anonymous employee ZoomInfo Employee Review

1.0
Feb 4, 2023
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great product, strong market share

Cons

Highly recommend NOT working for ZoomInfo. CEO publicly stated that ZoomInfo was layoff-proof and constantly growing. What didn’t make the news is that the CEO lied to everyone’s face and quietly laid off hundreds of employees across departments including myself to try and save face. Leadership decided to withhold bonus payments from 2022 until Feb. 28th instead of being paid at end of January so that they could terminate employment and not have to pay out the bonuses that were due. There is clear and present favoritism and nepotism within the company, directors/managers are allowed to hire friends and former colleagues from places like Staples and Lionbridge and allow them to report directly to them and are paid far more money than those that worked there way up internally. Leads are distributed to leaderships’ “favorites” rather than to the most successful reps. Customers are shafted by lack of training and quality experience, or harassed by a terrible SDR motion where they are taught to call 6-7 times a day. Leadership has no SaaS experience and cannot teach you how to be an effective seller or lead by example. No segmentation or territory alignment and books of business constantly change hands. Acquisitions have led to messy integrations, lack of culture, and headaches for all employee. “Unlimited PTO” is a myth. Not allowed to take vacations or time off, black out periods like retail where you have to work. The stupidest thing of all is that every employee is expected to slave through Christmas and New Years while the rest of the working world is spending time with families because “it’s our busiest time of the year”. Oh and did I mention that ZoomInfo is not a diverse place to work? At Presidents Club in 2022 the CEO was called out at a public event for every single attendee being white.

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5.0
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Great place to work with a lot of forward thinking leaders to learn from. Really ahead of other companies on implementing AI in the business. Moves much faster with less bureaucracy than other similarly sized companies

Cons

Difficult macro environment for the company and industry

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ZoomInfo Response
4d
Thank you for the kind words. This genuinely means a lot to us. We're proud of the caliber of leaders here and the pace at which we're embedding AI into how we work, so it's great to hear that comes through day-to-day. You're right that the macro environment is presenting challenges – we won't pretend otherwise. What we can control is continuing to move faster and smarter than our peers, and feedback like yours is a reminder of why the culture we've built is a competitive advantage in itself. We're glad you're part of it. – Jennifer Creticos, ZoomInfo Chief Business Officer
3.0
Jun 18, 2026
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Pros

Good pay, good benefits and great office.

Cons

Poor hiring decisions, recent layoffs eliminated mostly remote employees because they are prioritizing in office employees, especially with recent investment in office. RIF was not at all based on performance which meant that some in office employees who don't know what they are doing got to keep their job. You have to suck up to management to get promoted and a lot of really good reps leave as a result of constant micro-management.

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ZoomInfo Response
4d
Thank you for the feedback, and we're glad the pay, benefits, and office experience worked well for you. To be clear, though, the recent restructure was not targeted at remote employees. It reflected a strategic decision to restructure some of our sales and support operations as we shift how we approach certain segments of the business, both in terms of personnel and platform. The people affected were valued contributors and we recognize their work helped make ZoomInfo what it is today. The suggestion that in-office employees who stayed "don't know what they're doing" simply isn't accurate. Additionally, we go hard at the end of every month (which is true across SaaS sales broadly) but would push back on the characterization of the culture. Our employee engagement team works hard to make that sprint enjoyable, with in-office lunches and activities. Sales is a high-pressure environment by nature, and we're proud of the culture we've built around it. We appreciate you sharing your perspective, even where we see it differently. – Stephen Antuna, ZoomInfo SVP of Account Management
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