Rotten to the core - Community Outreach WellSense Health Plan Employee Review

2.0
Sep 17, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Only reason I give this place 2 stars is because the benefits are decent and the commute is an one to get to, but not for long. Company is moving to Schraft Ctr. in Charlestown. Beware potential employees, this is not being communicated to potential new hires. So much for being transparent. I have been here for a year, I'm starting my family, will not return after my child is born in early next year.

Cons

I don't know where to begin, but will start with the management. In a word, incompetent. Enough said. Seriously, the current management has no idea how to run a business, the CEO is a lawyer. Lawyers are trained to look for mistakes and the negatives. You can't run a business operating on those principles.

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WellSense Health Plan Response
10y
Thank you for taking the time to communicate about our company, feedback is always helpful. I am happy to report that BMC HealthNet Plan is a strong and growing organization. We are about to launch our new Senior Care Program this year in addition to our Medicaid programs in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. We have also just been named one of the top 100 woman led organizations in Massachusetts by the Boston Globe. As for our location, we are moving our Boston office from Copley Square to Charlestown in the fall of 2016. To be transparent, we announced this several months ago to our employees and we ensure all applicants we meet with receive this information. Steve Barrett Vice President of Human Resources and Diversity

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Pros

Flexible work schedule and great culture

Cons

Lots of self guided learning

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WellSense Health Plan Response
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Thank you for the positive feedback about our culture and flexible work arrangements. We're pleased these aspects of working here have been meaningful to you. We appreciate your note about onboarding and training resources. We're always looking at ways to strengthen support for team members as they grow in their roles. Your perspective helps us improve, and we're glad you're part of the WellSense team.
1.0
May 24, 2026
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Pros

You get BMC benefits. That's it, that's the only benefit but even those have been cut significantly.

Cons

If you’ve never experienced the Peter Principle in real life, I promise you, you will experience it here. Someone’s review from many years ago said that in 20+ years of professional experience, they had never worked in an environment in which so many people with no business supervising staff were given the responsibility of managing entire teams and I am here to tell you that that is a fact. Every manager in this company is completely incompetent. The most egregious example of their incompetence is that they had a VP level person running an entire department, representing themself as an RN, whose nursing license was expired for 3 years and the company had no idea until individual contributors reported it. Now, since they are wont to respond to reviews on here, I would like to get ahead of that now and ask those of you reading this to consider that in about 14 seconds, any of you could go to the state’s website or Nursys and find that this person’s nursing license expired years ago. I’ve never worked anywhere else that didn’t have a process in place to ensure that their professional staff kept their licenses up to date. This is a basic responsibility of running a healthcare business. They are also worse than a typical Peter Principle organization in that they continue to promote people beyond their level of incompetence. I watched an incompetent manager drive an entire team out twice over and the company’s response was to promote them. The culture is one of quiet retaliation and HR is completely useless. Finally, they are unethical. They are a supposed “not-for-profit” company but they subcontract for-profit third parties to deny necessary care. This is what your tax dollars are paying for. They don’t care about their staff nor the people they serve. They lost their accreditation and a contract for a major program in 2024 and for good reason. I won't be surprised if they lose several more contracts when the MassHealth contracts are up for renewal next year. BMC is a wonderful employer but do not be fooled, WellSense is not BMC. If you believe nothing else I say, believe this: you are not safe, psychologically or otherwise, at WellSense.

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