Working in the corporate office of WyzAnt for over 2 years, not as a contracted tutor, I saw a vast amount of changes. I came into the company as it was really hitting its prime. The people were bright-eyed and hopeful, and the future was looking up for anyone involved. The people were a tight-knit group who loved to work hard and play hard. The company and it's values were something anyone could get behind.
Over time, about a year to a year and a half into my time here, the company started a slow decline. People were quitting or being laid off left and right, management was being uprooted to bring in new faces. Unfortunately, these new faces threw out the company's autonomous nature and introduced an uncomfortable hierarchy which caused a halt to healthy, successful communication. Which, as anyone knows, is the secret to great teamwork and success. This lack of communication caused a slowdown in productivity, made it difficult to get on the same page, and accomplish goals in a timely manner.
Another causation of the decline in productivity was new management believing in having meetings to talk about meetings. For the last 6 months of my time there I barely saw my own manager because of a lot of meaningless meetings that were scheduled that could have been emails, or easily resolved with a quick 15 minute stand-up.
With communication out the window, it had become very hard to present data, project ideas/progress, and even accomplishments to higher-ups. Management started taking credit for their direct reports' work and incentive for workers was non-existent.
I had a lot of hope and belief invested in this company. It's sad to see where it's at now, but I truly hope they can only go up from here and they get back to their core values they started with in the beginning.
