Are we sure it's over for now or will there be more?
Farming work overseas
Another round of layoffs! Daily there are new contact employees from overseas. Gainwell signed an agreement with a company called WiPro (Bangalore, India), they will also be performing IT work. Meanwhile removing salaried employees. Rather than... — read more
Townhall
In the Q&A portion of today's townhall, He said the WFR is less than 5%.
Are management and senior staff this incompetent and functionally useless across the board?
I thought my team was bad enough until I got "lent out" for an arbitrary amount of time to another state's team and... Christ in a handbasket. It's like you're expected to have some form of telepathy to get any sort of meaningful answers or... — read more
Another round of layoffs 10-30-2023
Another round of layoffs today and this week. More are happening across the organization. This is going to continue through the end of the year. They might skip a week here and there. But be prepared. Remember the goal is 45% reduction.
You shouldn’t have to hire high-level contractors to do sh-t right
Do expensive outsiders REALLY fix at-risk accounts? If so, why are internal high-levels unable to execute?
Leadership
Any time a company thinks their strategy is to CUT their way to EBITDA growth and that's the only lever they are pulling, its bad leadership - in this case relying on McKinsey (what a joke). Sad for these employees.
More layoffs this morning 10-23-2023 and this week
More layoffs happening today. I don’t know the extent of it but I know of some people that just got let go. Rumor has it that this will continue weekly until year end.
Maybe Company Buyout is Needed
Gainwell is exiting so many employees through RIFs, including many knowledgeable employees and employees that have strong relationships on the state accounts. Gainwell is also losing a lot of its knowledgeable and ethical employees. Only the toxic... — read more
Leadership changes
Lots of new faces. Karen Shields (she/her) is gone. https://www.gainwelltechnologies.com/leadership/
New owner is going to clean house.
My inside source tells me that when the new owner takes over that they are going to clean house. Meaning they are going to bring in their own leaders, strip down each department to the bare minimum number of employees, and scrutinize every contract... — read more
Nov 23 layoff
The contract level leaders have been given staffing reduction targets for a layoff round to take place Nov 23 - it's pretty sizable. The accounts are able to determine the specific resources to eliminate for this round - so throw your name in the... — read more
Hiring more executives
Gainwell continues to bring on more executives. More C Suite people. Is this a sign of struggle? Is it a sign of putting on a good face for the upcoming sale?
Just Know
Just know that this is a bad company Just know that the leadership is horrible Just know that you are a number Just know that you could be laid off at any time Just know that this company is losing more business than they are bringing in Just... — read more
Recene WFR on 9/12/23
Wondering how many people were laid off yesterday? From which teams?
Town Hall changed the game!
What an amazing presentation! Did it su-k?
GWT continues to lose more business.
As Gainwell continues to lose more contracts, one has to ask themselves when the next round of layoffs will happen. Less contracts simply means less employees needed.
Gainwell Employee Handbook - the most threatening and demeaning document I’ve ever read from this company!
The Gainwell Employee Handbook is out. We are all required to read it and sign off on it. If you just skimmed it you should do yourself a favor and read it. It comes off more like a declaration of war against its employees more than anything. There... — read more
Culture Ki-ler
I read something today about the 12 ways to destroy a culture. Here they are. And it looks like Gainwell is guilty of them all. Disrespect people Don’t clarify roles Micromanage Fail to recognize good work Keep employees in the... — read more
Merit Increases posted
Raises are pitiful. From the internal site: Go to: mygainwell@work - My Profile - Compensation Information - Compensation Statement
Another DDI failure
How much stuff can this company mess up and still remain in business? They can reorganize as many times as they want. Isn’t it obvious that’s not the problem?
Raises are bad this year
Word is the merit raises are pretty bad this year, just got a 2.5% raise and I had put in an excellent year. GW is not taking care of it's workforce in regards to competitive pay, adjusting for inflation and high interest rates. Don't expect much. — read more
Merit Raises
Any word on when merit raises and when they will be approved? By this time last year they had been approved. Something going on?
Something Odd...
Even if Gainwell is this bad place to work or has bad upper management?!¿ How is it that some employees have been here for over 15 years... Why do they stay? Does the toxicity of this company affect them as well? or No? Are they impervious to the... — read more
PHM is back?!
In july
Things that negatively affect the company's progress
Perhaps the list of things that hinder the progress of this company is way too long to be listed here...
Just a number
When a company decides that the leaders are more valuable than the workers it’s time to leave. Gainwell has sent that message loud and clear.
Why defend Gainwell?
Why do some employees defend Gainwell? Why do they get defensive when someone talks about how poorly the company is operated? Sometimes the truth is hard to hear.
Why didn’t I see it before?
I wanted to believe Gainwell was a good place to work. I wanted to believe leadership was good. I wanted to believe that my coworkers were well educated and knew exactly what they were doing. I wanted to believe Gainwell was financially strong. I... — read more
Has Gainwell ever been a good place to work?
I have been part of Gainwell since it became Gainwell. The entire time is has been nothing but constant turmoil, layoffs, stress, and unknown. All of the employees around me just operate - business as usual. They seem to think everyone else is the... — read more
New hatchet man
https://www.gainwelltechnologies.com/leader/mike-connolly/
This is 100% a leadership failure
They didn’t hire the right people. They didn’t give proper training. They didn’t develop a well laid out plan. They fail to admit that they don’t know what they are doing. They screwed the state of California out of millions of... — read more
Gainwell doesn’t have a clue
Big town hall brag was that Gainwell landed the California Population Health Management Account. They have been on that project for 11 months and haven’t delivered anything. Now big meeting with Karen Shields and the project is on pause. Why? ... — read more
It is not enough to just sweep problems under the rug
People here are not so naive that they don't see that the company is not doing very well. So why is the leadership silent about it and pretending that the problem does not exist? That seems like a pretty desperate move to me.
Quit date 5-12-2023
On 5-12-2023 it’s time to quit Gainwell Technologies. This is a call to all employees to walk out on 5-12-2023.