Has anyone heard possible dates for what will inevitably be another round of layoffs at The Center in Chandler? Have you had the meeting with your manager, do you know where you stand?
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They are still regionally accredited...ACICS won't impact them the way one would think.
Cry us a river!!! Can't get off mama's tit?
It absolutely blows my mind that people who work for EDMC are being blamed for students being placed into these schools... do potential students NOT have the ability to research colleges before taking out loans? And it is extremely difficult to leave a job with benefits when you have a family to support. I care about my students, and read disclosure statements to them. In the end, it's their decision to make. Yes, I hope EDMC loses their ACICS accreditation, and yes, I hope that students have a way to legal recourse.... but, I didn't get full disclosure when I got hired. I was lied to. I was manipulated into believing I was helping... but after many years, you hope to ride it out for as long as you can. I'll continue to apply for other jobs, but until I have something solid....I'm stuck.
It absolutely blows my mind that people who work for EDMC are being blamed for students being placed into these schools... do potential students NOT have the ability to research colleges before taking out loans? And it is extremely to leave a job with benefits when you have a family to support. I care about my students, and read disclosure statements to them. In the end, it's their decision to make. Yes, I hope EDMC loses their ACICS accreditation, and yes, I hope that students have a way to legal recourse.... but, I didn't get full disclosure when I got hired. I was lied to. I was manipulated into believing I was helping... but after many years, you hope to ride it out for as long as you can. I'll continue to apply for other jobs, but until I have something solid....I'm stuck.
I hope the people calling us fraudsters receive a slow f@cking in the ass!
Apparently when you've come to terms with your moral sensibilities and realize that you should hang yourself for even mentioning the letters "EDMC." Some people are wound way too tight. Great that the original question was about dates, not ethics and personal beliefs, but some just can't stop themselves from diarrhea of the mouth.
Just wanted info on the layoffs...
I highly doubt, and I think there are many who feel the same, there are EDMC employees who didn't know about the fraud. While the DoE is just as guilty, they have at least come out and said there was systemic fraud all along. Fraud dates back way before the advent of review sites (the Internet was still in its infancy stage in the 2000s) such as Yelp or Google+, and there was no place for people to voice any indication of fraud. We counted on Ai and EDMC to give us the truth, and yet we got inflated job placement rates and a phony education! It's always been about numbers, retention, and money. Just look at how difficult the DoE wants to make it for students to discharge loans in light of the blood on their hands and that of EDMC. In the light of day, there is no freaking way this went under the radar or over your heads for so long. You worked there! Come on!
It's only been over the last few years that we have been able to collaborate as a community to combat and expose the fraud. Otherwise, it would have continued because nobody either a). has the balls or b). believes in the fraud mantra for personal and financial gain purposes.
So, at this point, are you not capable of going out and finding another job similar to that -- minus corruption? You'd rather cling to a corrupt employer because your own assis way more important than standing for what is right. It's part of the reason you feel the heat online.
Nobody is proposing harm; just the guts to walk away from this cancer.
So why don't you blame the students for their ignorance too?! If all of the employes should of know what a scam and joke the company is... Why couldn't the students figure it out?!?!
Way to take it to the extreme, thanks for the drama. I'm done feeding these trolls. Get some anger management, you've got a miserable existence ahead.
So tired of the trite, "Oh, I don't want to get laid off. It's so hard being an EDMC employee and not knowing where my next check is coming from." You're not the only people to experience a layoff, people. You're not the first and definitely not the last. You may even experience a few more in your working career. Get. Over. It.
The company needs to sink and dissolve, and no matter your position in the company -- even the lowly janitorial staff -- should leave. Perhaps some of them are on the side of the student, while some are not, but that hardly changes the bottom line or the crux of the matter that EDMC perpetrated fraud from the beginning. And whether you were aware of that or not, you still aided them in their pursuit of fraud. Ignorance isn't an excuse. Why would anyone want to be associated with EDMC after the fact?
Let's just hope all of you pieces of sh-- that still work there or want to work there are fired immediately. The "I didn't know my company was bad" excuse is just that an excuse. Being compliant and putting your head down and just doing your job does not excuse anyone when they know in their hearts the company is a diploma mill.
Wow, the question was regarding possible layoff dates and really nothing more, but thanks for the anger filled diatribe. Ever thought about some counseling for that deep seeded resentment? Don't get your panties in a bunch over an innocuous question, take your moral stance somewhere else.
Love all the moral highground jerks in here acting like they know someone's life and finances enough to tell someone whether or not to quit a job.
What if that person has kids to feed or sick or dying relatives to take care of and needed decent paying work, and this was all they could find at the time? Your BS morality theoreticals are all fine and good when you only know one side of the equation. Some people didn't know just how bad it was, some people weren't recruiters or anything like that, some people were just processing financial aid according to federal standards, and regardless you don't know a thing about any of these people enough to tell them to quit a job.
Basically, f--- off with that crap. This isn't Nazi Germany, you don't need to hold the employees feet to the fire for this, blame EDMC and shut your yap.
Is everyone really that desperate for work that they're either a) willfully ignoring every single news report about how awful for-profits are for everyone or b) not doing any research whatsoever about the company you work for? That's just incredibly stupid. You're all idiots. You can't blame the student victims for wanting to stop a company that does so much more harm than good. BOO HOO you're losing a job, at least you HAVE money and job prospects. Cry me a f---ing river and get some perspective. You work for crooks. If you don't care that you actively contributed to financially crippling the working class millennial generation, that's fine, but don't expect us to feel sorry for you when this business model inevitably fails. I mean Jesus Christ guys, it's amazing how deluded you all are. AMAZING.
I love how the employees of EDMC justify their existence?
Bitter much? Slow your roll there, no need to get all defensive. Are you just assuming the question came from someone working on the phones, recruiting? It could have easily been from another division all together that simply processes information and will also be impacted by the downsizing. And of course someone is going to be concerned for their own well being and employment status, but I suppose you have life all figured out and don't need a steady income to maintain.
So do you really think this is about all the employees not caring. PEOPLE do care.. Unfortunately we can't make the rules. JUST because we work for the company doesn't mean we don't care about people..
When it's YOUR future, you give a sh--, but when it came to the students, you could really give a rat's ass right? So, why should anyone have pity or feel sorry for you now? May as well be the right hand of Satan. Now you can find a job that pushes you to maintain some integrity when it comes to other people and/or providing a service.
Take it easy there, someone was simply asking a question and making a comment regarding their employment. If you don't like it, don't bother working for EDMC. Take your pot and go piss in it somewhere else.
What do you mean who cares. This is effecting people in the center as well. Just looking for some insight. We all need our jobs and some of us are happy with what we have.. It is hard to work not knowing your future.