By messy, do you mean like creating a working environment that encourages people to commit felonies in order to accelerate sales? Because usually employees get screwed out of stock in hyper-growth start-ups that raise hundreds of millions at unsustainable valuations, not go to jail. No one typically has to worry about breaking the law in order to meet absurd sales goals. You think maybe just maybe Parker kind of painted the company into a corner by telling investors like Fidelity and TPG that Zenefits could become a $100 Billion market cap company and that they're leaving money on the table. Zenefits fall from grace will become the cautionary tale from this technology boom. Disrupt an industry all you want, just don't put your employees freedom, or your own, at risk.

Also, invoking TK is pointless and shows that you can't distinguish apples from oranges.