Do not work here. No direction, made up deadlines, sycophants abound. - Manager AccelerEd Employee Review

Tracy Woods (CEO), the sycophants that surround her, 'ask no questions' culture, lack of communication, no direction, 'over promise, under deliver' and then blame the people that couldn't meet your unrealistic timelines. Tracy has hired between 30 and 40 people from her previous employer (American Public University). These hires were all brought in without job postings nor looking for internal candidates. These hires get put on the best projects and get sent to the best assignments. They all conform to Tracy's version of a perfect employee, namely 'ask no questions, do as you're told.' Any questions to Tracy, no matter how benign, are viewed as 'against the team' and are a negative. In the end, Tracy forces out or fires anyone who opposes her. Accelered's biggest project has no chance to deliver by April. The initial deadline was pulled out of the air, with no analysis or project management to support it. Project management basics are to list your tasks, supply estimates for them, then work out delivery dates. This was not done. There is no list of tasks. There are not estimates nor dependencies associated with the tasks that have been identified. There is no set scope, so new items are constantly being added. There is not a project plan, so there is no way to know how close or far the project is to completion. The internal processes for the project are rolled out without analysis or thought, fail, and then are changed and rolled out again. Wash, rinse, repeat. Finally, since Tracy took over, over 70% of the staff that started at Accelered have left. Think about that: 70%! How does she still have a job?