The company will treat you well when they need you but will do a rapid 180 the moment they don't, so it's difficult to trust them -- they will lie outright. One example: Many of us were impacted by layoffs in 2022. I was lucky to find other employment fairly soon after, though I learned that wasn't true for many who were laid off. Some of these people had been "reassured" less than a day before being dismissed that Ro was financially stable and would not be laying employees off. I've seen some of Ro's replies to other negative reviews, stating that months before it happened, they denied considering layoffs because they weren't planning on any -- but that doesn't address their dishonesty in the days leading up to the change. This prevented many employees from seeking new jobs before they were dismissed. This is advantageous for Ro leadership, who didn't find themselves unexpectedly short-staffed, but it was undoubtedly worse for the employees, who, with enough warning, could have secured employment before being laid off. The severance was far from adequate for most, so the benefits might seem good up front, but they can be pulled away at a moment's notice. Many of us were informed in our dismissal meetings that the company had exciting plans going forward, but they wouldn't include us (a poor choice of words to serve someone being dismissed), and the entire staff -- including those who were let go -- were treated to an email talking about how exciting changes would be on the horizon after we were let go. Most of us had little more than a half hour before our communication with the company was shut off -- email, computers, anything that provided a connection to the teams we'd worked closely with for years. After working with a number of companies over the years, some of whom faced difficulties/layoffs as well, I can confidently say this was one of the poorest ways to handle such a transition.
