Forward reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(75 total reviews)
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Adrian Aoun

65% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

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1.0
Aug 21, 2023

Only good as a stepping stone

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Pros

Used to have a good team.

Cons

Changed process for assigning visits from volunteer scribes (with no extra pay) assigning visits through queues to A BOT ASSIGNING YOU AS NEEDED. NO input from scribes and a good majority of the staff will dislike you. This is because with the installation of the bot, this is made it INCREDIBLY EASY TO SKIP WORK and still get paid from it. Despite this obvious concern from the scribe team, management ignored us and added it in, only addressing the issue one year later. At that point, everyone else considers a scribe to be a lazy and stupid individual. They don't let customers know about specific caveats until it's too late (the video call not working on the mobile app and that you HAVE to have a computer and they only test the BARE BONES labs for the baseline visit, no matter how much you ask for labs like thyroid). They make cancellation almost impossible for customers. Because hey, if it takes 10 days to respond to a request, that's free money. Lack of staff that they choose to ignore until it literally is impossible to do anything. There is no oversight. You have a manager in name only. I don't even know them because they never spoke to me ONCE. Bad service means unhappy customers. And unhappy customers means you get yelled over the phone a lot. Have fun. They legitimately stated in their documents that they won't increase pay and that you're free to look for a secondary job on top of this one. But despite being a contractor, your schedule is still assigned AND if you change your schedule (like removing a shift to make room for that 2nd job), it reflects in your next set of shifts. Cult-like persona. Upper management will all chirp and laugh in the same way. If the CEO commands you to bark, you howl. They say how it's a company meant to provide free/cheap healthcare. But on the other side, they legitimately spent a lot of money to make a expensive hotel room for a TV show. Look you "Amanza Smith Shows the Most Expensive Stay in America" under their YouTube account. Read their profile on trustpilot for more.

5.0
Aug 18, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

What we're trying to build is ambitious. Brilliant vision and strategy with potential to change how healthcare is delivered. It's difficult to find other companies with goals and a mission that are so large. The people here are incredibly kind and sharp - they genuinely care about getting healthcare to the masses. Working with people who care about and are motivated by the same things as you makes a world of difference. There are endless ways to challenge yourself and contribute to meaningful problems. It would take years to do at other companies what I've had the opportunities to do here. We go into the office every day, and for the most part, I think this is a pro. It helps me create boundaries between work and home. It makes it easier to build relationships with the people around me, which makes my day to day much more fun and fulfilling.

Cons

You need to be able to set your own boundaries, otherwise the work can feel all consuming. The environment won't stop you from doing this, but it won't necessarily help you do this either. This is something that can be particularly challenging for junior folks. Pay is not great. Every company has its tradeoffs. This is one I'm willing to take right now given the people and learning opportunities. There are definitely times where I wish I could just go work remotely out in the mountains or in another city for a week. But alas, another tradeoff I am ok with for now. P.S. For those wondering about employees being asked to post reviews - go read up on the pros/cons of ratings systems and how to best manage them

1.0
Aug 11, 2023

Not worth it

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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.

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