Enough is Enough - Anonymous WEX Employee Review

I have a good idea why you'd be reading this one-star review as an employee. We have been clear to middle management all the way up to C-suite executives that this is not working for us. What have we received for a response besides low-quality corporate doublespeak? There is no career growth within the company for a vast majority of high-performing and loyal employees. This was addressed with anecdotes of 'Wexers' of years-past who have climbed the ranks. This is not the current climate, and is no longer feasible. Take a look at the job board. Do you want the $18-20 hourly wage job, or do you want to take a shot at the position requiring 8+ years of Machine Learning experience? Let's say you love working in your position, and you are one of the best on your team. Sure, you may be able to stay in that role until its made redundant by some glorified chatbot. Your wages will not keep up with inflation. You will be in the same pay pool as someone who was just hired, and will leave the company before they learn the fundamentals of the role. It's okay though. Wex has done market research and is paying a fair wage when you take the benefits into consideration. It is your fault you can not afford rent and food. Maybe its a 'you' problem. Maybe you are going crazy. They must be paying what you really are worth, right? WELL HOT DOG! We are expanding in the metropolises. San Francisco, New York, Dallas, WASHINGTON FLIPPING DC!? Wow. I can't believe it. Now we can operate like a dot com giant right before the bubble popped. Sourcing big city talent with their pleated trousers and pants-suits. About time we do things the right way and get the layabouts back to the office while we are at it. JUST KIDDING! Its not a return-to-office initiative. We are just conveniently nearly exclusively hiring within 30 miles of our company espresso machines. It is just that you can only properly collaborate if you can smell your coworkers morning coffee breath. Meaningful coworker bonds and collaboration can not be accomplished remotely. Who has ever heard of an "online community?" You are not alone. The time for "being professional about it" is over. Hiding behind the optics of holding the high-ground does not work when you are throwing your valued employees into the meat grinder for shareholder value. We WANT this business to succeed. We WANT what is best for the company. We know that creating a bleak, soulless working environment is not the way to do it. You are losing your best and most loyal.