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Ovia Health reviews

3.9

72% would recommend to a friend

(59 total reviews)
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Adam Schechter

86% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.6

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Culture & values

4.1

Work/Life balance

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Senior management

3.6

Career opportunities

Ovia Health has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 59 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Ovia Health employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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59 reviews
5.0
Jan 2, 2018

Great products, great culture

Anonymous employee
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Pros

-It feels good to do good. Our apps truly, without the hint of a reach, help people every day. Users write in about their experiences on a daily basis, and these affirmations are sort of the fuel that keeps us going -Excellent culture. Everybody is so smart and driven, and very much on the same page when it comes to the mission. The culture is very warm, welcoming, and fun, but without the sort of "frattiness" that many tech companies have. -Strong leadership. Upper mgmt sits and works among the rest of us, creating an environment where people generally feel they know well, and feel comfortable with, their managers, and often their manager's manager. Management has done a great job of communicating the Ovia's mission to all employees, and conferring the same sense of passion that they have for improving the lives of women and families.

Cons

-Growing very quickly. This is, I suppose, not a bad thing, but rapid growth means that everybody doesn't know everybody anymore. This probably isn't something a new employee would notice though. -Office. The location is great in Downtown Crossing, but the building that we're in could stand to be improved. We have our own floors, but share the building with a couple other companies, which can makes doors, halls, and stairs a bit congested

1.0
Dec 23, 2018

Unprofessional people on some kind of mission?

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Close to the T and South Station.

Cons

No transparency. Poor communication. Zero chance for career development. Weak technology.

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Ovia Health Response
6y
Thanks for your feedback! It is important to us to grow and improve each day in order to be a great place to work for our employees! Since December: - Our leadership team has worked closely with the CEO to solidify our 2019 goals and have trickled them down to the divisional level so that each team and individual knows what is most important and how they can contribute to it. Additionally, half-yearly planning summits for the CEO and leadership team are now fully implemented and the outcomes of these events are tactfully rolled out company-wide. - We have made sure our promotion and advancement process is finalized and transparent, and several employees have been moved into higher roles. - The Operations team has been working hard to solicit feedback about our communication strategies and has put several processes and systems into place to increase company-wide transparency and increase the efficiency of our communication. - We have made some impressive leadership-team hires who are really driving us forward in the second half of the year! We are excited about the growth we've seen within the organization throughout 2019, and continue to maintain an ongoing, open feedback loop to make sure we are meeting everyone's needs!
4.0
Jul 9, 2018

Solid foundation with some growing pains

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Trying to help women and families is the easy feel-good one-liner, but Ovia really is pushing the pace when it comes to actually helping families be happier and healthier. The research being done behind the scenes, with trying to figure out how to best predict complications during fertility and pregnancy, how to best serve at-risk individuals with relevant and customized information, is a step above what you see at a lot of other places in the women/family health space. You can see the passion people have for their work, and it shows in the work product they produce. And personally, I enjoy coming to work every day even on the "bad" days, which isn't something I would have said about other places I've worked . They've stayed true to the products that helped launch the company, which isn't something you can say about every growing company. The apps, and the focus they put on users and engaging them daily, remain the bulk of the company's offerings, and proper focus has been placed on keeping them up-to-date and relevant for the users. While Ovia is obviously trying to innovate, they haven't lost sight of what got them here, and personally I prefer a place that tries to be really good at it's core competencies versus chase new trends in the hopes of grabbing a quick buck. At the same time, there's also a company-wide understanding that you are at your best when you can separate from your work and have a home life, and so there is a clear focus on being, say, flexible for employees with young children. Every company will give lip service to culture and work-life balance, then grind you on a deadline or expect heavy workloads on nights and weekends, but Ovia really does recognize employees are humans and have lives outside the office. And it might be a bit cliche, but working here does feel if not like a family, at least familial, and the warmth and welcoming attitudes of everyone are genuine.

Cons

It'd like to preface all the cons with the understanding that these are all relatively trivial concerns; there's no malice or mistreatment I've seen. It's a growing company that has taken some risks, and sometimes those risks haven't paid off. I won't comment on others here who have voiced concerns about transparency and lack of support because I didn't experience what they did, but based on my experience working at start-ups both larger and smaller than Ovia, sadly sometimes people suffer because business decisions don't pan out. And that sucks for those involved, but I certainly haven't felt like there is any more or less transparency here than at other places I've worked. What does need to change, though, is that when problems or suggestions are brought up, they should be handled with more alacrity than I've seen recently. For example, people have complained about some of the remote worker technology (e.g. meeting room A/V that isn't someone's MacBook) for a year now, and yet the situation has only recently seen any traction toward being resolved. It may seem trivial, but when it keeps being brought up and sorta gets waved aside as something that will be dealt with in the future, it sends a signal that day-to-day concerns are not as important and makes people less likely to bring up other, perhaps more personal issues. And as with any mission-driven company, YMMV on how deeply you identify with particular elements of said mission. As the company has grown there has been a maturation of the vernacular surrounding what we do, and what that means for newer hires has clashed with some of the older guard at times.

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Ovia Health Response
6y
Thank you so much for this thoughtful feedback! Our new Operations team is working hard to maintain an efficient feedback loop and get problems solved more quickly, so that everyone can be as effective as possible to improve outcomes for women and families!
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