Pros
Aside from the founders, the rest of the team were lovely.
Cons
Usually I would stay silent but the narratives, lies that Wonsulting are being pushed forward to increase engagement and revenue are starting to bother me. Issue #1 Visage What started as a mission to help underdogs (students/people who graduated from non-prestigious schools/ have non-traditional backgrounds), quickly turned into a greedy money grab while still using this “we want to be altruistic and improve equity” narrative. Behind the scenes, it’s whatever brings in the money (whatever Wonsulting is willing to accept, helping people is no longer a priority). Issue #2 Cost/False exclusivity “Discounts” imho aren’t really discounts. Think about this - the founds of Wonsulting have no real HR experience/behind-the-scenes industry knowledge and most of the information can be found online/with a bit of patience/research. The only difference is the packaging - they took whatever knowledge they have (proven successful or not), and tidied it up into one place. Then they severely overcharge. Some well-designed Udemy courses go on sale for less than $15 dollars but their courses go for $70+ (sale price). Were they able to help some people? I’m sure they have but I can’t speak for the majority who purchased one of their courses/services. It’s basically Kylie Lip Kits… but for job search. The Wonsulting online community (FB Group) is useless too. Issue #3 Lies/Business Model/Treatment of Employees You know that Forbes article that boast about Wonsulting and “maintaining a full-time staff of 18”. BS. A direct source can confirm about 3 of them are potentially full-time but the rest are interns. During my time there, you get paid based off of your status/contribution to the company $100/m, $300/m, $500/m. Interns work about 10hrs/week (or “whatever you feel like” to get the job done) and get paid $100/m. If the project you’re working on (potentially) brings in thousand (or some cases tens of thousands), you can boost your status up to lead which will make about $300/$500 a month. Insane looking back bc the hours to get to that status pushed our hourly rates BELOW minimum wage. Obviously, no healthcare, PTO, or anything like that (bc again, we aren’t FTE and neither is the majority of the current team). The founders have made some full-time offers to a few leads - from what I hear, the offer is below industry standards and in some cases lower than what the employee is currently making at a different company. Lowballing a person with industry experience who was doing this as a side hustle, wow! Also, Wonsulting does not respect boundaries. A founder milked us for all the free time we had. When trying to set boundaries for what we were willing to do (and when), he continued to push and add pressure. Why? Bc he is money/status hungry. I mean if you wanted us to work more maybe try paying us more? They also didn’t pay me for the last month I worked there but I can’t say I’m surprised. They're hypocrites. They can treat their employees the way they do and still have the balls to write about injustice on TikTok. #4 The Founders There isn’t much I can say about original founder other than his heart was in the right place when he started Wonsulting but he didn’t necessarily have the brains or skillset to drive a business forward (fun fact: no one can really tell you why/how Wonsulting got its name). I’m thankful he helped me revive my resume but that’s about it. The other founder - this guy needs to go outside and touch some grass. He thrives off of power/status - likes, followers, money brings sparkles to his eyes and he will (and has done) whatever it took to get here (overstepping and crossing boundaries). I’m not going to dive too deep into this, other than he needs therapy and to stop exploiting people. TLDR: Should you work for Wonsulting? No. Should you buy a service/course/product from Wonsulting? Also no.