Over the past few years, there's been a lot of emphasis on the 'growth mindset' - but it's felt more like growing pains. They just kept acquiring company after company without giving internal teams a chance to breathe and integrate properly. What resulted was a series of dysfunctional, patchwork groups in which work overlapped and became redundant for years. Toward the end of my time there, I had learned that we had THREE internal LMS systems in place... and no one could articulate why. This came at a time when leadership was continually hinting at market problems, and Town Halls were a series of "shout-outs" to cover up the bad numbers on the slides. We had just gone through two rounds of layoffs, and a director just approved the purchase of another LMS system?! Just because they didn't like the versions we already had? Unfortunately, I was a victim of the fourth round of layoffs in 2025, but honestly, I think it was for the best. On the surface, Renaissance is great at projecting a polished, well-oiled machine. On the inside, however, things are moving backwards. Money is mismanaged, communication is nonexistent, and powerful data management tools are being cut in favor of poorly put-together spreadsheets handled by people who can't write a simple formula. I've been warning people to stay away long before I saw that 15-minute HR meeting on my calendar.
