Pros
Remote work; company supplies equipment; most everyone is nice and competent; everyone is worker bees and contributes to the development of the company; personal access to some of the most common editorial tools like AP Style Guide; internal data-driven insights per brand; quarterly Zooms about company progress.
Cons
WTWH offers limited career development. People managers (particularly on the medical brand) are often appointed based on tenure rather than aptitude, and they receive little training or coaching, resulting in few substantive check-ins with employees. Subordinates get evaluations, but subordinates aren’t allowed to evaluate their managers. Leadership frequently references “growth opportunities” and new roles, but requests tend to languish without follow-up; while individual contributors are told promotions aren’t available, several upper-management roles have been upgraded. Since the private-equity acquisition, annual raises have stalled as short-term profitability takes precedence, and many long-tenured employees (10+ years) have chosen to depart this year. No cost of living raises over the last two years. HR has not functioned as a neutral resource. HR knows how to handle the benefits part of the job. Repeated reports of manager hostility & micromanagement over the years have been acknowledged but not resolved. Several people have left because of bad managers, even after reporting them. The company invests in employee upskilling but does not pair it with the management practices needed to retain that talent, resulting in a poor return on investment.