Sold more than $62 million. Now the company’s worth less than $62 million. https://www.benzinga.com/sec/insider-trades/twou/christopher-paucek

I need some advice. Should I sell or hold the 2U stock that I have now even though I bought at a higher price. I have about 1500 shares that I bought, foolishly , through the stock option plan between $25-$38 at the time. So obviously, lost a lot... — read more 

2U as you once knew it is GONE. Advice… spend time on your resume, your linkedin profile, a few projects you can showcase, put your name out there. The remaining management is done. They are looking for other opportunities and will fly as soon as... — read more 

Oof

People are saying the bondholders are shorting the stock as a hedge against the $800M in debt. It seems like that would be considered insider trading since they have knowledge of the refinancing negotiations. The company is held hostage by the... — read more 

Let's be real here, anybody who thinks he or she is safe now is incredibly naive. Yes, this round might be over, but all that means is that we'll get a few weeks if unlucky, and a few months if lucky to relax before the next round hits. We're past... — read more 

What a rough week. I've been thinking about the collective voice we have as employees and the potential benefits of forming a union. I'm curious to know if any of you have considered the idea of unionizing and your thoughts on it. This is a topic... — read more 

Do you think there is a possibility of negotiating (ha ha I loled when I typed this word out)?

in sept, our team went was cut in half, our manager was let go and replaced with a manager who is spread way too thin across multiple teams. we get hundreds of leads a day, and it's pretty much impossible to get through them all, much less give them... — read more 

Getting laid off is not ideal but getting some type of severance would be better than closing up shop as this place goes under with no type of compensation when let go. The market clearly doesn’t find us viable. It’s over.

Where is this elusive platform strategy? Layoffs are a temporary solution… it doesn’t address the real problem here. When you appoint a CFO as a CEO you assume big changes are coming. Yet he repeats the actions of his predecessor. Weeks away from the... — read more 

Is it leaning towards older once again?

I wish I could relax now that it's over but I can't. Knowing that it's just a matter of time before more layoffs are announced is making it impossible for me to just "turn off" stressing. All I can think about is that, yes, I made it this time, but... — read more 

https://iblnews.org/indian-upgrad-education-to-acquire-udacity-for-80-million-according-to-local-media/

Would you ever work for a company that was under leadership of Chip Paucek again?

For those that have taken advantage of the education benefit, has anyone left before finishing their commitment? And if so, has 2U required reimbursement back from you?

Paul is under a lot of stress right now. Chip drove this company into the ground. Paul's a finance guy and his goal is to make this thing profitable at a minimum. It's possible (slim chance) 2U will eventually become a profitable, independent... — read more 

The layoffs happened today many were impacted

with a payoff to USC. And the rest is history. https://today.usc.edu/princeton-review-founder-establishes-endowed-chair-at-usc/

If not, who will take the mantle?

Does anybody else think a $500 severance for part-timers is insulting? I feel so bad for those who were laid off and learned that all their work and all their contributions were worth $500 in severance money. I would not accept it, to be honest... — read more 

Rough estimate?

Chip you sure left a mess behind! How does it feel to be such a failure? I don’t care if you have millions, you still ran this place to the ground and Failed. Just like all the other Buisness you have had.

Everyone that was laid off only get $500 severance? Tell me it isn’t so.

I’m sure it’ll come with an NDA. No way is that enough money to buy my silence. I’ll be shouting from the rooftops on LinkedIn and Glassdoor about what a sham their bootcamps are. Over the past few years, I’ve watched them completely eliminate all... — read more 

Anonymized email below: Hello anon, Today we held a meeting to share changes we’re making across the Central Academic Support team. To provide greater flexibility and efficiency in how we allocate work, we have decided to increase cross training... — read more 

Something isn’t adding up with all of this after all the chatter about student engagement getting massive cuts. I have a sneaking suspicion this is just the first phase of many layoffs… does anyone else have that feeling?

I want to thank those that have been brave enough to come onto the site and give us all a heads up on layoffs, and when they were coming.

The markets are unimpressed.

Anyone have their meeting yet with HR? And, what is the severance package?

For those who have been laid off in the past couple of rounds, what have the severance packages looked like? 1 week of pay for every year worked? More?

Has anyone gotten confirmation on what departments have been impacted?

Then why do I feel disappointed?

I haven't slept all that much stressing over it. I do hope it happens today, though, because I'd rather know than have to wait for who knows how long and continue to stress.

2U cannot have a stock price under $1 for 30 continuous days w/out the Nasdaq delisting the company. It's started to slide to under a $1 in December, pops up for a bit, but then slides back to under a $1 again. Execs fear a continuous slide to... — read more 

Lists are finalized. Large layoff coming on Wed that’ll impact every dept.

Bad news for execs. VJ is coming back in the news | Some companies will have bit off more than they can chew. Farewell.

Few options. Here are 2: Sell off or close down everything that's not profitable, like Laureate did. It's a shell of its former self, but it's still alive. Sell everything off to private equity, if they see any value. Apollo Global acquired... — read more 

I'm so disappointed to see that 2U is willing to pay 2 executives damn near 1 million a year. Maybe if Andrew and Aaron cut their salaries in half (which would still put them at 225k/year, more than livable) the company could manage their debt a... — read more