Laid off and then removed money from my 401k - Technical Account Specialist bei WP Engine: Mitarbeiterbewertung

2,0
19. Dez. 2023
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Pros

I enjoyed the role and my direct manager was great. The benefits were also quite nice, along with the PTO policy.

Kontras

The company was aware that my position was being made redundant for quite some time and assured me that they would be moving me to a separate role. I spent a lot of time and energy preparing for this, but when the time came, I was laid off without notice rather than given the promised transfer. A few months afterward, the company sent me an email to let me know that due to an error on their side, they would be removing money from my (fully vested) 401k. Not a good look. Having good benefits, culture, and values is completely negated if you treat your employees like disposable garbage.

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Reaktion von WP Engine
2y
Thank you for sharing our feedback, as it guides our growth. We apologize for the error resulting in the reduction of your 401(k) employer match. As you know, we offer employees a dollar for dollar 4 percent 401(k) match. 401(k) plans are highly regulated with applicable IRS guidelines. Having a “qualified plan” is what allows us to make contributions with special tax treatment. WP Engine explored all avenues before processing the correction. Regrettably, we do not have the discretion to overlook excess contributions that do not adhere to the 401(k) plan documents. We wish you well in your future endeavors.

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We appreciate you taking the time to share such a thoughtful review. While we're glad you had an overall positive experience in regards to feeling supported by your manager, teammates, and feel Heather, our CEO is an amazing person. We agree! We are sorry to hear you didn't feel like there were opportunities for promotions. We know you no longer work here at WP Engine, but if you have any other thoughts you'd like to share so that we can learn more about what could've gone better, you're welcome to reach out to anybody on our Employee Experience Team to do so. Thank you again and we wish you the best in future endeavors.
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Pros

• Good people • Good work/life balance and flexibility - remote first with local hubs for those living nearby • Interesting work and ownership of solutions • Core values are good ideals

Kontras

• Yearly "re-orgs" include layoffs, so while you think your job is secure, it could be unexpectedly eliminated overnight - managers included • Overly focused on profit over employees or customer experience (e.g. benefit programs being cut and diminishing investment into human support, which used to be the lifeblood of the company) - possible consequence of private equity / Silver Lake • No one goes into the office, so even if you're near a hub, there's not a lot of actual face time working next to people and it's difficult to get to know people outside of your team and directly-associated teams • They're not interested in keeping or training up early-career software engineers, which seems very short-sighted and goes against "built for growth" • With the laser focus on the next shiny thing, tech debt and cruft accumulate faster than can be addressed, and the context behind older systems fades over time making them progressively harder to maintain or migrate off

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