This is my email to WW after hearing about this.
Dear WW,
Please escalate this message up to CEO Mindy Grossman, Oprah & her advisors who decided that it would be in WW's best interest to fire 4500 employees over a muted Zoom call.
COVID 19 hit us all hard and I understand businesses have to make hard decisions to stay financially healthy but the way in which WW terminated passionate, long term, advocate employees was reprehensible.
A scripted 3 min muted Zoom call! Really?
I just learned of this on the NY Times The Daily podcast (along with millions of other people) and immediately cancelled my membership in spite of the fact that the program works and I've lost 12 pounds.
When times get hard, I am of the mind that we support our people who have supported us - like the employees you heartlessly fired. There were plenty of options WW could have done to do this the right way but the choice they made was the easy one.
I guess an appropriate analogy would be that I could either work hard and lose the weight the right way or cut off an appendage and WW chose to amputate. (or just removed it's heart)
It's compounded by the fact that most of these passionate employees were middle aged women who are at an extreme disadvantage of getting another job. Did management factor that into their heartless COVID strategy?
I realize corporations just like people make mistakes, I implore WW to apologize and make it right by those they have wronged. In the meantime I'll take my money elsewhere.
Sincerely,
#WWcancel