Pros
Working from home has saved me from the noisy, disruptive office.
Cons
Chris Minnich tried to sell us on the idea that the acquisition by HMH was going to be good for everyone and that if it wasn't, he would scuttle the deal. Lies. He's lied from the start. He held all-staff meetings touting company transparency while dodging tough questions, blaming the board for the acquisition to deflect blame for what he knew was going to be bad for us, and then going ahead with the deal he said he would scuttle when it was clear to everyone that it was going to be bad for us. - Retirement benefits: was 15% without employee contribution, now 1/2 of employee contribution up to 3% max - Medical benefits: was fully covered for employee, now equivalent plan partially pays for employee and deductible is higher - $4,800/yr work from home stiped is now $2,400 (subject to ending) - PTO: was up to 6 weeks, now "unlimited." In practice, we were paid out for unused PTO when leaving the company (i.e., when the HMH acquisition went through). Now, unused PTO is not paid out if you leave. "Unlimited" means there is now an invisible arbitrary limit decided by management when they feel enough is enough. Everything is worse than it was. Layoffs happened, and all I know is that it was around 100 people. I don't know who, what department, or anything else. How about that transparency? I've heard through the grapevine that it was a lot of people who directly impact the work from my department. We got notice that we're going to do it again this Fall '23. If you're reading this after that point in time, you're probably looking for HMH since the NWEA brand will likely be further diluted or wholly subsumed soon. Speaking of which, part of Chris Minnich's justification for the acquisition was that NWEA was a powerful name representing an industry-leading platform and philosophy. I guess it's totally logical to allow a for-profit corporation to swallow that brand and make it a subsidiary.