TOXIC WORK CULTURE! STAY AWAY! - Anonymous employee Wellness Coach Employee Review

1.0
7 Feb 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Remote Work. That's about it.

Cons

The co-founders expect their teams to be available 24/7. They have no respect for boundaries and will send you messages while you are on PTO or afterhours. They micromanage everyone through a virtual office so they can see when people are away from their desk and they don't see anything wrong with inserting themselves into your meetings. They will track your schedule, so if you have personal appts in there they will casually ask you about it. They offer sub-market salaries and benefits, and will overwork their employees with little regard for work/life balance or self-care. They have had employees leaving in droves over the past year, but they try to do damage control by lying to current employees and telling them the departures were due to "personal reasons", "chasing a leadership role", or "not being transparent about needs." D would rather control of the narrative rather than admit he is not an effective leader. While I was there, employees tried numerous times to voice their concerns through team meetings and culture surveys, but nothing was ever done. I can attest to another review on here saying that Julie & D tend to play the "good cop, bad cop" game, and it's incredibly manipulative. If you are considering a job opportunity here, do yourself a favor and keep looking elsewhere.

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5.0
1 Dec 2025
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Pros

Collaborative team, helpful cross-functional partners, and opportunities to improve processes. Strong mission and lots of exposure to customer relationships, QBRs, and project work. Leadership cares and there’s room to take initiative.

Cons

Rapid growth sometimes leads to inconsistent processes and unclear ownership. Workload can spike depending on account assignments.

2.0
19 Aug 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Lots of enthusiasm when you're first on-boarded...the honeymoon stage is STRONG! It was also nice to be given flexibility to bring in new ideas as well, which was refreshing. These benefits/vibes faded within about ~4 months, and the environment quickly took a 180 degree turn for the worse. This seems to be consistent with other reviewers here.

Cons

I was at first very excited about working here with the mission that was initially promised, etc, The employees were great as mentioned above, but leadership was the issue here I believe. Yes, you do have team meditations, outings, etc, but those are sandwiched in-between a demanding and toxic work culture. I was shocked at how different the proposed company values and actual practices of those values played out. All for-profit organizations are in business to make profit (duh!), however there needs to be a strong reasoning WHY behind one decides to start a for-profit business (or any business really!). If you're just doing it because you think "health and wellness" is a cool trend that you can financially benefit from, I believe that you end up with the result here at Wellness Coach. It's too bad because the mission up-front sounds great, but then you quickly realize that the real motives from senior leadership likely aren't aligned with the actual mission. The consistent employee turnover is evidence that the culture here is severely lacking. It's challenging to be successful building the culture of other businesses if you haven't put in the right effort and built a solid foundation for your own. Even though we always had team meetings/"All-hands"...I never found the vibe of those meetings to be warm and inviting...everyone seemed a bit quiet, reserved, etc...and that was even after the "ice-breaker" meditation!...I think this has a lot to do with how the company was lead. Most of what I read in that regard throughout these reviews seems to be an accurate depiction of what I also experienced.

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