Unsafe work environment - Anonymous employee GLEAC Employee Review

We began consciously this year hiring mid-level women in career transitions ( for some we are their 3rd job in 10 months since they cannot find their pace and place as they re-define their identity) . We pay them equally to male qualified counterparts and their monthly salaries are more than they have ever made in their entire careers. We give 3 months of personal coaching to help build their confidence ( often tied to deep personal issues that surface immediately), close mentoring from the founder and access to her inner networks, and also sector specific mentoring with industry experts from the mentor community to champion their success. We remove all metrics the first 3 months to ensure we upskilled them just enough to fit the requirements of the job. It's interesting to see their first 3 months public rave reviews about the opportunities, learning and networks afforded to them. Then when the novelty of all the excess attention shifted to a focus now on performance to meet the metrics they signed off on for the job just as the male employees..... the founder, the coaches, the management and the mentors all seem to be in conspiracy against them and they fell back into a victim mentality. Clearly we failed at this truly intentional good-faith attempt to empower women. And as such hiring practices moving forward will need to change for female career shifters who do not have the skills at the forefront for the job they are applying for. Despite the personal attacks on the Founder who took each one under her wing to ensure they thrived, she does not regret for one second giving these women second chances. It was very difficult for all of them being removed from her inner circles and networks to now focus on performance as the rest of the team. Final performance reviews all happened the month of March and November with the understanding changes would be made to roles and responsibilities to ensure there was no discrimination against the other employees who are all performing. You will notice lots of compliments of the team . The feedback was not received well with the women running away and quitting the job the week or two before the formal reviews and us finding their backlash "fight words" here. It's a pattern we cannot ignore. We are doing something wrong for sure with these women. We wish them well on their journeys.