I worked for WW for 10 years and retired last year. Our wonderful, competent TM was let go a few years into my tenure because she made the most money of the three TMs in our part of the state. We were the middle territory and they split us between the other two territories. Our new TM lived well over an hour away. She was wonderful to work with, though, so it was okay (even if we didn’t see her as frequently as we had seen our former TM). She was “let go” this week and she still had to inform the guides in the territory that they were also let go. Who told her? Was she informed in a 5 minute recorded Zoom call?
WW, as a program, is AMAZING! I was a member for 9 years before I went to work for them, and I will continue to be a member for as long as they remain in business. I believe in the program and the remaining employees. The corporate structure has never been caring towards its employees. Teenagers working in the fast food industry made a better hourly rate than I did, and there were no merit-based raises. Ever.
I worked for the company for 10 years, not for the money. I worked for WW because I loved the members and I wanted to help them get healthy, and because I loved my fellow Coaches and Guides. I made some wonderful, long-lasting friendships through my employ.
COVID-19 has caused some wonderful businesses to crash and burn. I hope WW isn’t one of them! I also hope that the powers that be at WW are reading these things and will do better in the future.
Don’ t quit WW because your favorite guide was let go, that would be punishing yourself. WW is still the best weight loss program out there! There must be a better way to let them know how unhappy you are with the lay-off decisions that they have made and how they went about it.
As far as those who are crying age discrimination, most of the Coaches that I know, who stay on as of now are over 60. It looks to me like they let go the guides and kept the coaches, regardless of age or length of employment. That was wrong, but it wasn’t any sort of discrimination.
My heart breaks for those of my former associates who have lost their jobs and their well-being and I am praying for all of you!