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4.1

74% would recommend to a friend

(6 total reviews)
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George White

84% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

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1.0
Mar 1, 2025

Like a mental health sweat shop

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Pros

Clinicians are good but turnover is very high

Cons

Pressure to upcharge on patient billing because of unrealistic expectations from management that include ex- Amazon execs. Unattainable bonus structure. Empty time slots, late cancels and no shows are marked against you. Constantly changing expectations with low pay. Trying to make more part timers to reduce cost will maximizing profit. This is not a pro-patient or pro- clinician environment it is all business and profit first and foremost.

1.0
Sep 5, 2024
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Pros

Coworkers are genuinely nice people A culture that respects women and has them in leadership positions. Compensation is pretty good at this stage for the startup Work remote from anywhere The tech stack isn't complicated, and it's a bit refreshing at times to see it isn't over engineered for the most part. It can be relaxing unless you're boxed into a stressful project (which can happen especially if you show competence).

Cons

Yelling, still a strategy. The problems of leadership remain from all prior glassdoor reviews. Cons also overall outweigh all pros. Stories of layoffs from the past surface up. The stories are all bad. If you join the company, ask them about the past. Low autonomy as an engineer, you at times get required to document things into needlessly granular detail. Seriously, if you've been at a team with a healthy culture, hard hard avoid. Your manager will never shield you, only blame you for their own mistakes. It's actually so backwards. People cannot seem to come together at this company and it's so so so frustrating. CTO will seem nice in the beginning. Once you're in the company, you'll see it's like being in a bad date where you're too afraid to leave. He won't change. His behavior has led to the direct firing and resignation from many engineers before you. Your manager won't shield you, because the rest of the management chain is simply afraid to lose their job too. People do not trust engineers at this company. If you enjoy working in Agile, this is anti-agile. There are too many managers, not enough builders. Meetings also suck and are frequent, so they frequently suck. Skip this company if you get an offer. Use it as a counter-offer for another company if you can. Did you hear that? You'll be the one paying in health if you join this company. And you will regret it.

2.0
May 19, 2023

Unkept Promises

Anonymous employee
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Pros

I met several smart, ambitious people who were passionate about the work they were doing.

Cons

This company practices wage suppression. During my tenure I never saw any kind of wage increase or bonus, despite promises from the CEO at one point to evaluate employee compensation and adjust for new market rates. The company announced at an All Hands meeting that they were going to implement a formal review process but a year went by and nothing happened. Without a process in place there is no platform for discussion of achievements, areas for improvement, raises, or goal setting. There is little room for negotiation. And no way to really measure how you are performing. You're on your own here. Whomever considers working at this company I advise you to negotiate for the highest salary you can get because you won’t see it rise. Edit: I would like to add that I did ask my supervisor for an individual performance review, and was denied

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