TZA Reviews

2.6

40% would recommend to a friend

(33 total reviews)
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Evan Danner

40% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

TZA has an employee rating of 2.6 out of 5 stars, based on 33 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The TZA employee rating is 32% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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33 reviews
1.0
22 Mar 2019

Do Not Apply! Avoid at All Costs!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Half-day Friday's (but even those come at a price). Most employees there are great, but they do hire more than their fair share of questionable characters.

Cons

Company has barely made any sales in the last few years- they will blame it on a "long sales cycle" and "transforming business model" but it's actually because senior leadership completely lacks business acumen and strategy. Company has downsized by more than 50% in last few years and has only about 25 employees left. All mid-level management has been fired/let go without back filling positions- most 'worker bees' report directly into President or CEO. Recently forfeited 1/3 of office space and moved everyone to tables in the same room as the call center. Extremely outdated sales/lead-gen tactic (I use the singular tense purposefully)- one and only form of generating leads is cold calling from a list (requires 150 calls/day no exceptions, no LinkedIn, no prospecting allowed). Turnover is 100%. Micromanagement (or nano-management as people call it around the office) is beyond anything I've ever seen- borderline harassment. If you are gone from your desk for more than 10 minutes they will look for you and question where you were, they will interrupt meetings to question why you're meeting and ask you to provide takeaways as proof, if you are even 10 minutes late to work you are required to make up the 10 minutes and put it on your calendar as "make-up time", and they will even stand behind you at your desk watching what you're doing. No training/onboarding or continuous improvement. Will try to skim you on commission any way they can, not to mention payout process takes over a year. Costly health benefits with high deductible, outdated vacation/sick day program (15 total), extremely poor 401k matching, do not believe in work from home. This is not a company that cares about their people. The writing is on the wall- TZA is a sinking ship.

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TZA Response
3y
Thank you for the feedback. In recent years TZA has migrated to a 100% remote work environment where our team members are empowered to manage their work-life balance while continuing to meet the job performance metrics they have defined and agreed to with their manager. Success for the team and team members is measured by outcomes not time spent in effort to achieve those outcomes. As a small company where everyone is dependent on each other for our shared success we do hold each other accountable for our performance. Those who thrive in an environment where expectations are clear, and success is rewarded this is a great place to work. Those who seek to “get by” will be better off working elsewhere.
1.0
29 Oct 2020

Most toxic work environment

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Pros

learning opportunity, nice office location, some good coworkers

Cons

micromanagement, unprofessionalism, condescending leaders, culture, work/life balance, toxic environment

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TZA Response
3y
Thank you for your feedback. As a small, growing company in the dynamic world of supply chain we continue to evolve with the times to meet the needs of our customers and employees. Today TZA is a 100% remote work environment with each employee positioned to management their work-life balance while performing their responsibilities in support of TZA. Employees work with their managers to define both short- and long-term goals and objectives and the supporting tasks and activities to meet those targets. While it certainly is possible for a team member to over commit themselves they can work with their Manager to refine or change expectations when necessary. Accountability is part of our culture but so is open and honest communications so that team members are not being asked to make professional or personal sacrifices impact them outside of work. As mentioned, we are a learning environment where we are bringing best practices to our customers in all areas of labor management.
1.0
31 May 2021

Miserable

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Somehow they manage to hire really nice people that don’t stay long.

Cons

Where to start? First..do NOT believe the positive reviews left here. The CFO, wife and co-owner, pressured employees to leave positive reviews. Those employees are no longer there either The CFO is so cheap that when they have us come in for all-staff company meetings, their “breakfast” was granola bars and the plastic wrapped hard boiled eggs that you buy at the gas station. During COVID, when they were legally required to allow us to work from home, they required us to buy our own cameras, at our own expense. She has also been known to go thru our desk drawers after hours to make sure no one was stashing extra snacks. She regularly complained how many snacks were consumed and considered restricting how many snacks per person. We were given a “contest” needed to EARN a kuerig for the office. The CFO decided to return the new kuerig that was won by our team, and bring her used one from home for the team to use. The CEO, the husband, is the most condescending person alive. He truly believes he is the smartest person in the room and talks down to everyone any chance he gets. You will receive no training. If you ask questions or don’t understand you will be laughed at and mocked or be told you’re not making any sense. The CEO will change his mind about the sales process on a weekly basis. He will change the pricing and not notify anyone. He will change processes in his head, not tell anyone, then talk to you like you’re stupid when you don’t magically know the new process. This is what he refers to as “continuous improvement”. He is obsessed with reports and is constantly having dashboards in Salesforce changed so he can pull any report for any information at any moment it pops into his head. We get very little support and guidance from management because they are always in meetings with him. If you are experiencing internet issues to use your computer in meetings he will say “Oh come on! This is wasting my time!” If you are in a meeting and can’t immediately answer his question you will be told “If you can’t come to a meeting prepared, don’t come at all” Former TZA employees have discussed forming a TZA Support Group. DO NOT JOIN US!!

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TZA Response
3y
Thank you for your feedback. TZA is a small but rapidly growing company and there will always be growing pains in this type of environment. Because we are a small team, we have the agility to adapt to both the needs of our markets and our employees and tailor our sales approach and company policies to best meet those needs. We are not a huge corporation where changes in direction are a challenge instead, we prosper in a dynamic world at a pace that can feel frantic to some. Every individual employee at TZA has a direct impact on our overall success and as such we have an expectation that everyone works to be an integral part of the team and stay on top of their responsibilities. Today we have a 100% remote work environment creating the flexibility for our people to prosper while maintaining work-life balance. Our employees value transparency and direct communications so they always know how the company is performing and what is expected of them to contribute to our success.
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