Project Lead The Way reviews

• In the past month alone, over 25 employees were laid off without transparency or clear criteria around who was impacted or why. • Leadership continues to say the organization is financially strong, which contradicts recent layoffs and ongoing instability. • The engagement team is led by toxic leadership—cliquish, exclusionary, and hostile to feedback. • Sales lacks basic tools to be successful: no lead generation strategy, reps can’t create their own quotes, and revenue goals are avoided because leadership believes schools “aren’t ready” to talk about money. • There’s a deep identity crisis—are we focused on revenue or on mission? The lack of clarity is hurting both. • The org is extremely top-heavy. Leadership teams meet constantly but rarely communicate decisions or direction to the rest of the staff. • Despite the CEO’s claims that the org is progressive and innovative, it’s resistant to change and clings to outdated systems and thinking. • Promotions and visibility are limited to those within a small Indianapolis-based network. If you’re not part of the inner circle, you’re overlooked. • Employees don’t feel safe reaching out to HR, as feedback often leads to retaliation. • New ideas are not welcomed. If you raise concerns or suggest improvements, you’re labeled “difficult” and shut out.

There is little to no communication about the long-term vision or strategic goals from leadership, leaving us uncertain as to the future of our work. This brings me to my next point. The CEO’s lack of clear focus on priorities creates confusion and misalignment throughout the organization, he always has a "new thing" but then is mad when nothing gets finished, making it difficult to know where to best invest time and energy. Multiple roles have gone unfilled for months leaving team members without guidance. No Communications Team Leader, No Project Team Leader, No Ops Team Leader, No Sales VP, DEIB SVP. Most of these roles have been open since at least April and a couple for over year. This is likely a symptom of the lack of direction from the ELT, but the team members are suffering and then are blamed for not hitting goals. I know at last 6 people applying for roles and hoping to leave, but at the same time hoping leadership gets it together because they like the work and the people beside them.