Vantaggi
Michelle is a first time founder and it shows- she has no idea how to run a company and has no appreciation/respect to any employee who has actually built out and helped the business grow. It’s ironic our own CEO doesn’t exemplify a single core value of Wheel.
Svantaggi
Where do I even get started? Michelle is a fraud and all she really cares about is money- don’t be fooled by her story of why she started Wheel. We are not clinician focused and our mission has never really been about improving the access to care to all. We had our first round of layoffs in August 2022 (about 35 people were impacted) even though Michelle told the whole company that we had 3 years of runway- she also read off the most impersonal and robotic script and said we are all in a better place because of the layoff (truly the most disrespectful thing to say after letting go some really dedicated hardworking people). She also threw in a scare tactic saying she has access to communication between employees over Slack and email so if you enjoy being power tripped and big brother’ed, definitely join. We just went through another round of layoffs of about 60 people this week even though…. we currently have 3 years of runway and "were in a better place moving forward.” Huh. Strange. The way it was conducted is a testament to how Michelle really views the people at Wheel - again, an impersonal Zoom meeting reading from a script with no concrete reason why it was done. If you join, you will be another pawn piece she has no problem sacrificing to win her game of wealth and status in the Austin tech world. CULTURE Do you care about culture/company morale? It is dead here- we used to have really high employee engagement and people were so happy to be working together for a mission driven org. As of recently, barely anyone’s camera is on during our all hands and at this point, people are only here to get a paycheck. DON’T BELIEVE THE FAKE REVIEWS If you see any positive Glassdoor reviews on this page, they are all done by marketing to save face. They also asked everyone internally to write Glassdoor reviews to even out all the negative reviews so if you’re looking on this page now to assess whether it’s a good idea to join this sinking ship- please reconsider for your own sake. OVERALL: Wheel is now purely run by politics. You will be underpaid here to do the job of 3 people and there is a ton of pay inequity internally across all orgs- trust me.. people talk. There’s a lack of career growth and uneven promotion cycles. A lot of leadership changes/departures, no product direction, no culture, lack of transparency - it’s only about saving Wheel’s brand at this point.