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by yummyfajitas 3781 days ago
As further detail, the way these things work is the following. The "training" consists of watching some powerpoints and listening to a voiceover reading the slide. You can't click "next slide" until the voiceover has finished. The voiceovers add up to 52 hours.

Typically the voiceovers are short, e.g. 60 seconds, to ensure that you are actually at your computer clicking "next" rather than just letting the voiceover run while you do something productive.

Once you've clicked "next" 52x60=3120 times you are then permitted to take the exam.

Zenefits "Macro" automated the clicking, allowing their people to simply learn the material and then take the exam.

tl;dr; The state of California says "you must learn this material very slowly" and Zenefits employees are fast learners.

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Also, at the end they have you attest that you actually did the training under penalty of perjury. Zenefits instructed their employees to lie instead.