the WSJ agreed<p>&quot;But what the former chief operating officer didn’t acknowledge is that for a long period of time he and Mr. Conrad worked closely together, sitting next to each other at work and meeting regularly for dinner, according to a person familiar with the matter.<p>The person said that Mr. Sacks, who describes himself in his Twitter profile as a “hypergrowth addict,” helped spearhead the company’s large fundraising shortly after joining the company in December 2014 as well as its strategy to grow quickly despite a lack of internal controls and processes.&quot;<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blogs.wsj.com&#x2F;digits&#x2F;2016&#x2F;02&#x2F;08&#x2F;zenefits-ceo-parker-conrad-resigns-over-compliance-issues&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blogs.wsj.com&#x2F;digits&#x2F;2016&#x2F;02&#x2F;08&#x2F;zenefits-ceo-parker-c...</a>