Toxicity and layoffs - Instructional Designer EMERITUS Employee Review

1.0
1 Jul 2026
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Pros

No other pros than working from home

Cons

They layoff frequently, almost every year. I never got the scope to practice my skills. Learning opportunities are zero, no growth at all. Also when you raise a serious concern about the flaws in the process or quality of a product, you will be asked to keep quiet. Senior leadership is toxic, there's a lot of power abuse and mismanagement, and it takes ages to get response from the HRBP for any valid concerns. They behave as if they are in some govt. job. There were no hikes or promotions last year. This year too, I doubt they will, because they recently laid off a lot of employees. The company is drowning in toxicity, and I would not recommend anyone to accept a job just for the sake of work from home. They will offer peanuts, sometimes almost the same level or lower than current ctc and cite the benefits of remote job as a reason. Most of the times people take a pay cut for accepting remote job(I did the same) but it's really not worth it.

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5.0
2 Sept 2025
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Pros

Team was super supportive and easily leaves approved

Cons

Need to learn how to take credits for your own work

2.0
11 Jun 2025
Recommend
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Pros

- Fully remote - Initially lots of course opportunities to facilitate - Interface with university faculty on select courses

Cons

- Decreasing pay - Zero stability for contract renewals (contracts given one cohort at a time) - No loyalty from Emeritus leaders despite my four years of facilitating the same course from its inception and high reviews from students and faculty - Change in policy requiring to rotate learning facilitators on courses due to some facilitators flaking on new cohort assignments last minute (whenever I never had this issue) led me to lose over $25,000 in contract opportunities - Emeritus leaders under India and APAC verification have an over-reliance on course ratings without clearly defined ratings criteria for participants, using Zoom polls to rate sessions, leading participants to unfairly rate facilitators low when they are disappointed about other aspects of course (outdated content) having nothing to do with facilitation quality - Each vertical within Emeritus (Global/US, India, APAC) has different priorities, new program advisors can drop initiatives of previous advisors leading to learning facilitator contracts not being renewed without explanation - Facilitators are viewed as customer service agents and learners as customers and the course as a product, meaning education becomes more about pleasing learner demands than actual quality of education - facilitators might take less risks in office hours due to fear of losing contracts, needing to facilitate for high ratings instead of appropriately challenging students

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