YMT Vacations Reviews

With the departure of the CEO, Jerre Fuqua, who was an excellent leader, the vibe of the company immediately changed negatively. The corporate office put in place a part time CEO to oversee this company together with a sister company that is of a completely different nature. While change is not always bad, the new leadership lacked the capacity to listen and win over key personnel that had built the company for about 10 years. The part time status based on the necessity to run two companies does not encourage listening skills of course, as there is never enough time in the schedule to actually listen. Normally one would expect that in cases like this the existing team would be strengthened through expressing confidence in their abilities, perhaps mid level people given more responsibility, but this was not the case. Accomplishments achieved over the past few years were belittled instead, people from the sister company were brought in and promoted ahead of those that actually had built the company. As result a rapid exodus of pretty much all Senior Management happened. Knowledge transfer was minimal. The remaining team is more or less depressed when before this company excelled due to its excellent team spirit, which was evident in guest satisfaction and product offerings.

The transition has not been for everyone. Many of the employees have worked for YMT for many years (5+), so I feel like change is difficult for many of the employees currently at the Company. The morale definitely needs to be boosted, but I feel like once things settle this will not be an issue. As I mentioned, these changes seem to be for the best.