Steer Clear - A Little of Everything NWEA Employee Review

Leadership is out of touch with an increasingly lack of compassion and even larger lack of accountability for decisions made during and after the acquisition. Chris Minnich told us over and over that everyone would benefit from the acquisition and things would be comparable, if not better. When in fact what we came to find out did not benefit us (your hard working employees) but rather lined and filled the pockets of corporate greed. The overall comp package was drastically cut in half (with some benefits completely gone after a year), which created a substantial reduction in pay (which was already well below market standard). We also saw upper management promotions one month before the acquisition was announced, which now looking back was no coincidence. We were already extremely short on resources but then we saw people exit left and right once knowledge of a severance package became known at the 11th hour. Then not even 90 days after the acquisition became final, we saw layoffs of around 10%, to highly qualified and much needed staff with indication that additional layoffs will be coming. The once employee and student focused company with an outstanding history of success is now clouded with greed and the same spiel over and over again from leadership and HR to try and convince us that everything is wonderful while continuing to completely disregard the negative impact to morale, our paychecks, and general well-being that this acquisition created. With that said, any negative review from 2023 should absolutely be taken seriously.