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Practice Velocity

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Practice Velocity reviews

3.1

52% would recommend to a friend

(67 total reviews)

David Stern, MD, CPC

62% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.5

Work/Life balance

3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Culture & values

3.3

Career opportunities

3.1

Senior management

Practice Velocity has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 67 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Practice Velocity employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

67 reviews
1.0
May 12, 2015

Too Many Double Standards

Software engineer
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Are you are a family member of the CEO/Owner and/or are you a High School chum of the CEO/Owner's wife with NO experience and NO formal college education? If you answer yes to this question, you will go far at Practice Velocity. Do you enjoy working and “belonging” to a cult-like atmosphere where any question raised about the financials or the well being of the company are met with resounding hostility and often times the employee is swiftly excused from employment? Practice Velocity is the place for you. Can you handle “Leadership from the Heart/Heart of a Leader” training with Practice Velocity's main charlatan—“The Positive Energy Guy” ? It is a mandatory two day course to indoctrinate new employees into Practice Velocity's brand of antagonistic thought processes. Those who think for themselves, refuse to take the class, or mock the class are soon terminated.

Cons

Management and several of the lower IQ minions are in tightly-knitted cliques: They will use you for their own gain and terminate you when you stand up to them. Practice Velocity is a company that promotes infidelity. It seems that people are encouraged to “cheat”--especially at sanctioned events (e.g. UCAOA). All employees were offered “FREE” coffee until they stopped suddenly and employees had to pay for their new coffee via a hired Barista. Funny thing is that the Barista was shut down by the Health Department less than a week into the program. To prove his “manufactured” power, the CEO/Owner will often demand that employees get up to dance, especially when there are potential clients visiting the Practice Velocity Compound. Any resistance to dancing is met with swift ostracism followed by termination.

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Practice Velocity Response
11y
Thanks for your input. We are sorry that you do fell like you fit at PV. We can assure you that the vast majority of employees have stated on our anonymous surveys that they are happy here. As far as hiring family members, except for the CEO's wife (who is eminently qualified for her position and has an earned college degree), there are no family members in any management or leadership positions. As for high school friends of his wife, there are none in executive leadership and only one in any leadership role. Although that leader does not have a college degree, he seems eminently qualified, since he previously held the same leadership position at another software company. The company supports marital fidelity and offers an employee assistance program for staff undergoing marital distress. Although we do not police our staff, we are not aware of (nor would we ever encourage) any infidelity at conferences. You are correct that Practice Velocity is one of the only companies in the area to offer highly-subsidised, barista-made coffee in the workplace. Although the coffee bar was closed at the health department's request for a little over a week to install a larger water heater to bring up to code, the coffee bar is appreciated by the staff and hardly seems to be a negative. As for the "main charlatan" Brandon Johnson, he does coordinate training for all staff. He is co-author of MIPA's Business Book of the Year, Hospitality from the Heart and was recently named a Top 30 Global Guru for the Hospitality Industry. As for the line dancing, participation is completely optional. If you were still working at PV, you would realize this, as software developers rarely participate and they suffer absolutely no repercussions. As for "incompetent managers" who "wander around" and "aimlessly chat", that seems amazing for one of the fastest-growing companies in the Rock Valley region, an INC 500/5000 company for three straight years, a Top 50 Medical Economics EMR company, and the company with the #1 EMR software for urgent care in every survey ever taken. We do wish you the best in your new job. If you really are a current employee and do wish to leave PV, please see HR within the next 2 weeks and they will arrange for you to sign some paperwork, that will enable you to receive a severance package with 4 weeks of pay.
5.0
May 10, 2015

Great place to work

Biller/coder
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

At this company you feel part of a team. We have lots of perks, including a casual dress code, an espresso bar, quarterly bonuses and flexible work schedules. I have learned a lot and have grown professionally at the company. Our team really works well together and leadership has given us a lot of tools. Dr. Stern seems to always be looking for ways to make this company a better place to work. Soon after I started here, he had weekly meetings with us to understand the Five Dysfunctions of a Team. The company is doing well, and we get bonuses each quarter. The Heart of a Leader training is amazing. Leadership is becoming more open about how the company is doing.

Cons

The company has gone through a lot of change in the past three years, and it is a much better place now. But many people did not like the changes. They wanted to work by themselves and not in a team, and they were afraid of the Heart of a Leader Training. I admit the changes were hard. At first, I believed that they were right and that the changes were ruining the company. Over time HR and others got quite involved in gossip and negativity. After leaving the company, one of them even tried to get ex employees together to complain about the company on a private facebook group. Anyways, most of them are gone now, and the atmosphere is much better.

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Practice Velocity Response
11y
What an encouraging review! We are glad that you have found a place where you feel part of a team.
5.0
Apr 13, 2015

Challenging work on a great team

Software engineer
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I started here about three years ago. I wanted to be in a company that really practiced agile. Although the team really was struggling with it, aver the past four months, we have started to really hit a groove. We are getting more support from management, and we even surprise ourselves with how much we get done.

Cons

Sometimes all the positive stuff gets a little old, but I guess it's a lot better than being in the typical company that does not have a passion for what they do.

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Practice Velocity Response
11y
Great to hear that our investments in Agile are paying off. It was a little hard as we struggled to find someone to get us on the right track, but it seems that everyone agrees that we are doing much better now. Glad to be on the PV team with you!
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