Medbridge reviews

CEO, Justin Kowalchuk, is toxic. Changes the direction of the company as the wind changes. Sells products to a deadline without consulting his employees and the resulting projects are poorly managed, hardly thought through, and behind schedule. Employees are put in high stress situations and set up to lose. The quality of the employees are the only thing holding this company together. The CEO does not understand that the company isn't succeeding because of him but rather in spite of him. Doesn't invest in developing employees, but gives meaningless promotions and assigns large teams to untrained, inexperienced managers. Opposite of flexible hours. Mandated 8-6 work hours; you get reprimanded for leaving early or arriving late. Poor time off, thinnest illusion of benefits.

Compensation: Salaries are pretty far below market, especially given that there is no bonus opportunity for regularly salaried employees. The management is inexperienced at best, and the team suffers for it. This company badly needs strong leaders who understand how to manage people. Senior management does not understand that it is possible to understand the product, the industry, and the company, and still be terrible at managing people. They also do not prioritize hiring of experienced managers. As a result, there is almost no middle management in existence, and more than half of the employees report to a single individual, who happens to be 25 years old and lacks the subject matter expertise to manage most of these teams. A lot has been made of the management issues in the last few years by employees (both through direct complaints to management/HR and on Glassdoor), but there has been little to no action to address the problems. Rather than lean in, really listen to the complaints, and address them in a thoughtful and meaningful way, the CEO pushes out anyone that challenges him and/or makes it known that they disagree with him. It is clear that senior management does not trust their employees. There is a lot of micromanagement, and definitely an expectation that employees should be working 'round the clock - the strongest employees are stretched incredibly thin, to the point that it's irresponsible. However, there is no bonus opportunity for regularly salaried employees, so it's easy to get burned out really quickly and to feel underappreciated. Be prepared to self-manage, and don't be surprised if you feel like management is just trying to squeeze every last ounce of productivity out of you. They probably are.