Note: MTW struggles with diversity because they refuse to acknowledge the micro-aggressions in the office. This is NOT a fun place for POC - most are fired or quit.
Boy, where do I start? There's so much structure, it's suffocating. The turnover rate is extremely high because MTW likes to overwork its small team. There's two daily recurring meetings that are 100% unnecessary for how often they are. The morning meeting is just a glorified way for MTW to control what time you get in, the lunch meeting is a glorified way to make sure you don't take a full-hour lunch. This is every day.
We did these exercises that are essentially one giant group therapy session, we had to discuss almost every aspect of our personal lives. You had to take it seriously and everyone was so miserable but afraid to speak up. The job is cult-like with the CEO making you perform improv exercises in weekly meetings because it helps her "visualize things", or whatever. Yes, you had to stand up in front of everyone and perform everyday.
The CEO is one of those "creative" types who clearly only values you when you're overworked, she often brags about her lifestyle which is completely opposite of her employees. She never hesitates to remind you of her position.
Speaking of overworked, the culture in the office is so unhealthy for a wellness company. Everyone is overworked and tired, being made to feel like you had to sacrifice your wellbeing for the job, like if you slip up you could be fired. You also felt like if you didn't like it, you would become an outcast.
The ethics are another thing - MTW is money hungry. They really didn't care much about the poorer schools they were working with, or the impact. They only cared about accolades and closing deals.
Lastly, the energy in the office was so negative. If you didn't fit in with the senior members or force yourself to develop friendships, you were isolated. We were always forced to have lunch together and attend company outings - nothing about it is genuine. It constantly felt like you were stroking several egos of people pretending to know what they were doing and pretending to actually care.
Final note: everyone there is so young and with poor leadership. It always felt like a free-fall. It was cult-like because you had a bunch of people trying to enforce this very manufactured image - we even had assigned seats.
