There are several cons, but the most significant is how they treat their employees. Piggybacking off the previous review regarding the mass layoff in Feb 2021– I have never felt more disrespected as an employee or worked for a company that handled a layoff in such a cruel, unprofessional manner.
We all received an unplanned calendar invite on a Monday morning FOR that morning. The CHRO was clearly reading a script that read the company is going through a “restructuring process which requires a reduction in force, if you are on this call, your position is part of this reduction in force, effective immediately”. I remember this short meeting verbatim— it’s hard to forget a cold, emotionless delivery regarding our livelihoods like that one.
It’s important to note that after this meeting, I heard absolutely nothing from my own manager or anyone from the management team. I still have not to this day. There was no appreciation for the work I had personally done or any sympathy for the fact that I was now unemployed during a worldwide pandemic. I received a generic offboarding email and everything was deactivated that day. The official layoff letter indicated I lost my job due to a “reduction in force/position elimination”, which excluded me from receiving any financial relief during the pandemic for my rent/car/other necessities while waiting for a stimulus check, so that also made matters worse.
Intelligent Waves significantly exacerbated the most unpredictable, emotionally tolling, and financially stressful periods of my lifetime and many others.
