WGU Layoffs

[natshar]

This morning WGU laid off about 160 mentors and course instructors from the business and healthcare divisions. This is in addition to the 11%+ tuition increased announced for August 1st. Social media blowing up because WGU didn't transition the students over to new mentors before the layoffs. They haven't transitioned anyone today. Students are stuck without any classes to work on. New students are now in limbo as a new group starts tomorrow. This is such a disaster. I feel for everyone at WGU who's going through this. Layoffs suck.

I saw your posts and yeah people are upset.

I saw one person said that they had a mentor and asked to switch to a new one due to some issues. So they gave her a new mentor two days ago. Then today she was informed that new mentor was being laid off. Kind of a frustrating situation.

I noticed almost all of the mentors are tied to specific programs. I wonder if they are going to discontinue or revamp certain programs.