Avoid at all costs; not what it represents itself to be - Anonymous employee WELS Care Employee Review

Let me preface this review by saying I am, in no way, given to heightened language or melodramatic observations. Nor am I a bitter ex-employee seeking to smear a company. I am simply making an effort to warn others about this company, based on my own experience. So here goes...this company puts the "cult" in "culture." From their constant repetition of phrases like "that's not the WELS Care way" and "Leadership says/thinks/does..." it is a bizarre microcosm of group-think, lockstep yes men. Or should I say, women, as the majority of the employees are women who all have an eerily similar look. If you are seeking a company that values individuality, constructive questioning, and outside the box thinking, go literally anywhere else. Critical thinking and independent analysis and input are discouraged in the strongest terms, as is work/life balance. If you plan on working here, you should be single, childless, pet-less, hobby-less and otherwise fully prepared to commit to being a full-on corporate drone. I was here less than a month, so if these observations are so strongly felt, I can promise you they are legitimate. Why was I let go? Absolutely no idea. None. Zero. No negative feedback; no corrective actions; no reason at all to think my livelihood was about to be yanked out from under me. When the news was delivered, no explanation was given, no matter how much I pressed for one, simply "not a good fit." The biggest slap in the face, perhaps, was the fact that, the day I was terminated, I was allowed to work an entire 10-hour day, apparently *as a good fit* until 5:01 pm when the workday ended, along with my "fitness" for the role. All that said, I highly suggest avoiding this company at all costs. They talk a big game about integrity, compassion, supportive culture, etc, but at the end of the day, what they are seeking is pliable, tractable, otherwise-unengaged-with-the-world employees who will toe the corporate line, never question anything, and be satisfied making the corporate culture their entire personality. Truly bizarre experience all around.