Bill Zinke William K. Zinke Worst & Most Disgusting Boss Ever Boulder, Colorado

To Whom It May Concern:

My name is Judy Hartl, and I worked with  Bill Zinke for about seven years when his management consulting firm was located in New York City. 

Working with Bill was a challenge because his standards were high, partly because of his legal background but more because he was building a consulting practice that entailed working with senior executives in major companies who expected a high quality of work.  Along with myself, there were three additional support staff.  I can speak for all of them who felt as I did, and most of these girls were also with Bill for approximately the same length of time.

I thought I had excellent skills when Bill hired me, but learned a great deal from working with him and only left because I remarried.  I now live in Florida and still have fond memories of working with Bill.  If fact, we still exchange Christmas cards after 26 years, and he has visited my husband and me in Florida.

I am happy to put my name on this posting. 

Judy Hartl

To the Posters:

I have read all of the postings and believe some have validity. I am reminded of the Chinese riddle, which some of you have heard me quote:
QWhat is the biggest room in the world?
AThe room for improvement.
This applies to me, as it does to all of us.

There are parts of the postings that are absolutely untrue, for example that nobody stays beyond a short period and that I accept advice from nobody. The Office Manager is really an essential part of CPLs ongoing success. He has worked with me for more than 2 years, has received three substantial salary increases and three substantial bonuses because his work is consistently excellent. I frequently seek his advice and frequently accept his suggestions. He has traveled with me to four meetings (in one made the announcement that we would create a LinkedIn account for meeting participants at their request) and is a real colleague. 

During the past four years, my long period of good health has caught up with me. They began with a severe case of shingles, followed by a fractured hip from which I am now almost fully recovered through the great support of a wonderful physical therapist, two angioplasties, and a hernia operation. What has sustained me is my motto Strength in Adversity, and that same motto also sustains me through the travails of Rip-off Reports, which clearly show room for improvement.

I suspect there is room for all of us to improve. 

Sincerely,

Bill Zinke                                                                  

Note: One point I would like to make clear is that, despite the popular conception that people beyond 80 are over the hill and out of the game, I and the Center for Productive Longevity are going strong. I leave on March 16 for a busy week in Europe and may be making a trip to the Asia Pacific in April. CPL is making a difference in stimulating the substantially increased engagement of people 50 and older in productive activities, paid and volunteer, where they are qualified and ready to continue adding value. One important attribute, of course, is a positive attitude and an optimistic spirit.

The reports regarding Bill Zinke are dead on accurate. That was the most abusive environment I have ever worked in and would tell anyone I meet to stay clear of this guy. All the allegations that are reported on here are 100% accurate.

How he is able to stay in business is beyond me. He is simply a ruthless tyrant!

I am very pleased to see the numerous rip off reports and reviews on Bill Zinke. The truth about Bill Zinke is not just that he is an elitist, but an egoist; in my view, an out-of-touch, holier-than-thou man who truly believes in his heart that he is better than most people on the planet.

It is bad enough that he labels his employees "servants". He has a disdain for people who make less than $250,000 annually. It is my contention that he believes people who are not white are lesser people. It is also my contention that he considers women to not be equal to men. Anytime he has included a woman or "minority" in an event, he says he does so in the spirit of diversity, but I believe he only does it to further his own agenda. 

Is he a product of the era he was raised in? Perhaps. I could go on and on, but the various reports on Bill Zinke spell out his world perfectly. The type of thinking, the way he runs a business, and the way he treats people is not sustainable in the 21st century, and any success he has is in spite of, rather than because of, the way he works.