Forward reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(301 total reviews)
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Adrian Aoun

65% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Forward has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 301 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Forward employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Healthcare industry (3.4 stars).

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301 reviews
1.0
May 12, 2022

Do not work here

Recommend
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Pros

Great colleagues (fellow doctors are amazing and so are the MAs) Cool tech (but it get's old)

Cons

If you have any self respect as a physician, turn this job down. - You are treated like a robot - You are paid bare minimum (VERY low salary for docs compared to even other health care start up companies-- so no, this is not normal for start up nature, they are robbing you) - The CEO will take you on meetings and make you feel small, insignificant, and demoralized. He should not be involved in your personal life yet he makes it a point to tell you what is good for your path in life and belittles anything else you may want such as work life balance. - The senior management and even senior physicians that no longer see patients have become puppets to the CEO and no longer treat their fellow colleagues with respect or put their needs first. -Move on with your job search if you want better culture, because this place is not worth your mental or physical health repercussions

1.0
Aug 11, 2023

Not worth it

Recommend
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Pros

- You will work with some of the smartest people you've ever worked with - You have the opportunity to work in many different areas of the business; lots of opportunity for learning - Opportunity to learn from execs that have held high-profile roles in Silicon Valley - Intriguing software challenges

Cons

Unfortunately, Forward has a deeply toxic work culture. You will be gaslit and expected to give up your life in pursuit of the company's goals. Expectations are not just lofty, they're impossible. There's widespread burnout and employees are paid extremely low salaries which are justified by the pursuit of the company mission. The CEO tells people how to live and is arrogant and belittling. He claims that he's frequently changing his mind based upon good ideas from employees; but at the end of the day what he wants goes no matter what. Employees are mandated to work 5 days per week in the office. Due to this, low salary plus San Francisco living expenses has lead some employees to take second jobs on the weekends. Overall, there are some pros to working there, as with any company. But the cons far, far outweigh the pros. Strongly do not recommend. It's worth noting that it seems like the company may request employees to post good reviews. While I was there new employees were asked to post Glassdoor reviews. One way to tell this is the case is that in some reviews the 'Cons' sections don't actually post cons. They post things like 'building healthcare is hard, it takes a special person to be able to do it' which sounds more like a recruiting pitch than a genuine review.

5.0
Dec 18, 2018

love it here

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

no micromanagement, no bullying, great team company mission and management

Cons

worked at old ehr healthcare company and it was horrible, love this place

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