Pros
- location, smart people, unique network assets, work-life balance is getting better, awesome career growth opportunity if you were here pre-Abovenet, effective use of salesforce.com, interesting/challenging work at times, people are held responsible for their results, company is doing well financially which means job security, opportunities to learn a lot are available. Zayo really does have some great things to offer.
Cons
- Dan Caruso holds an MBA from Chicago Booth and this hyper-analytic way of thinking is present at every turn in the org. The bottom line is Dan believes everyone is expendable and the morale of his troops couldn't be of less concern to him when juxtaposed to shareholder returns. He/senior management is laser focused on lofty EBITDA/equity IRR growth aspirations to the point of staggering myopia. Over the years he has said that if we perform well for our investors, it will benefit the employees, that these interests are not mutually exclusive. This may have been true in Zayo's early days when we needed PE capital, but this argument he continues to make no longer holds water and believe me, I've tried to buy it. Upper management squeezes for EBITDA wherever they can and this is especially true with compensation. They are brutally tightfisted with raises (esp. cash) so the idea that shareholder value isn't growing to the detriment of it's employees is disingenuous, sorry. He is a smart man but his crusade in life/Zayo is to create shareholder value, not a satisfying place to work and that's just the reality of it. Zayo grew during the recession when people would work insane hours for peanuts and it seems that the powers that be mostly believe that this is still the case. The new RSU program is nice but waiting 15 months to see any benefit from your hard work is a long time. Opportunities to make any real money like a lot of people did via the equity grant programs during the early days are gone. - This could be a great place to work and that's the most frustrating part. I suspect good people will leave in the coming months. Zayo claims to want the best and brightest but refuse to put their money where their mouth is (unless you have a Booth MBA).
