Headspace reviews

2.5

29% would recommend to a friend

(381 total reviews)
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Tom Pickett

17% approve of CEO

23% positive business outlook

Headspace has an employee rating of 2.5 out of 5 stars, based on 381 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Headspace employee rating is 35% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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381 reviews
5.0
Jun 9, 2022

Amazing place to work

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Pros

Headspace has been such a joy to work for over the last several years. The thing that has stood out the most are that the people are so kind, and all of the leaders I have interacted with care about your career growth. This is a really great place to lean on mentors who well help you find your path in Tech. Oh and every other week Friday is off for mental health!

Cons

The recent merger between Headspace and Ginger has made work a lot harder for everyone.

1.0
Jun 8, 2022

B2B leadership is disconnected from what's really going on :(

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Headspace's product is simply amazing and is truly accomplishing the company's mission of improving the health and happiness of its' members. Everyone should be thanking the D2C marketing, creative, and product teams for making it what is today as it has opened up many doors for other sectors of the business like Headspace for Work and a lot of sensational brand partnerships like Waze and Star Wars. Additionally, the benefits and compensation package is incredible and highly competitive in the wellness tech/SaaS market. While leadership could use some work, I have made lifelong connections with my co-workers and for that, I'm grateful to Headspace.

Cons

While Headspace's product is fabulous, simply put the B2B sectors of the organization could use some TLC (even with the Ginger merger). As shown in the previous reviews, quality employees are truly suffering the coincidences of less than ideal senior, executive, and c-suite leadership. I sincerely believe that leadership means well, but truly doesn't realize that a 'pass the buck' / 'not my problem' mentality doesn't reach goals and is aloof to the struggles that the team truly faces. People join Headspace expecting empathetic leadership and psychological safety, given the mission, but as time elapses it all seems like a business tactic. I've seen some quality and experienced individuals leave recently because of burnout, their decline in mental/physical wellbeing, and lack of support/morale from B2B senior managers and directors. Oftentimes, it feels like B2B leaders are great at interpersonal communications and positioning a supportive environment with no real accountability or ownership on their part. Customers are interested in integrating Headspace into their benefits landscape because of the brand recognition of Headspace, a quality mental wellbeing solution, and organic adoption and engagement from their members, but sooner or later unhappy and overworked/under-resourced PSMs/AEs will lead to a substantial amount of turnover, which will lead to dissatisfied customers, which will lead to low retention. It is already happening. Not only that, and as previously stated, quality people are struggling with their mental health because of the above, which is messed up given the nature of the business..

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Headspace Response
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Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback and to offer several thoughtful solutions to your concerns. We’re excited to have recently welcomed a new Chief Commercial Officer who will be spending Q3 focused on improving the B2B processes to ensure a culture of accountability, productivity, and most importantly selfcare/wellbeing throughout all levels of the function. We implemented two four-day work weeks each month to support mindfulness and self-care. As with other four-day work week models, the work is not reduced, but rather shifted during the week to allow for a full days’ rest twice a month. Given the 24/7 model of care for our members, and in support of other teams who need to be accessible 5 days/week, MINDays within Headspace Health look different for different teams. We encourage you to speak with your manager or functional leader if you feel that you are not able to take advantage of MINDays as our goal is that every employee has dedicated time to rest and recharge. We have integrated most of our HR policies, and if you have any questions regarding policy specifics, please reach out to the People Ops team or your People Business Partner for clarification. There is always room for us to improve the application of these policies to ensure our people, clients, and members are each fully supported. Again, we appreciate your feedback, and we encourage you to continue the conversation as we find engaging in dialogue is the most effective way to continue to learn, grow and move the needle together.
5.0
Jun 1, 2022

Great culture

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Pros

Great culture and values driven work

Cons

High workload and short contracts

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