SonderMind reviews

3.5

56% would recommend to a friend

(186 total reviews)
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Mark Frank

58% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

SonderMind has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 186 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The SonderMind employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Healthcare industry (3.4 stars).

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186 reviews
2.0
Dec 8, 2021

Good values but poor leadership

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Most of the people who work there are genuinely awesome and care deeply about the mission. There's a lot of great things about the culture as a whole and the HR team is much better than most companies I've worked at (at least they seem to try their best). The benefits overall are really good and you are working towards a mission that is doing great things for the world. If you are on certain teams like engineering, your work-life balance is pretty good. It depends on who your manager is and if you're reporting to one of the "golden child" leaders who can do no wrong.

Cons

The leadership team seems like they don't know what the hell they're doing. Managers drop lie flies. If you are a person of color - JOIN AT YOUR OWN RISK. This company says that they care about inclusion but there's been very little if anything to actually support that and it's apparent that the leadership team does not care. There is definitely higher turnover for minorities here - ESPECIALLY for black employees. Everything about people leaving is so sudden and secretive, it's hard to know why people left and employees are left in the dark. The fear of suddenly being fired is rampant across the company, but people are afraid to express it for fear of that being cause for being let go. If you work on certain teams (support, billing, customer success), expect to be overworked, underpaid, undervalued, and your needs dismissed. Long timers (i.e., anyone who has been there for more than 6 months) becomes burned out and jaded.

1.0
Jul 28, 2021

Join at your own risk

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Pros

Great mission and unique product.

Cons

- Toxic leadership from the top down. Cliques, lack of feedback/transparency. - Poor pay structure. The strategy is to hire candidates at 50% of market value. - Performance is arbitrary and based on perceived likeability. - Ironic in that they are a mental health company with a culture that makes employees need mental health. They are selling mental health but are not considerate of the mental health of their employees. - Poor communication. Not clear on what success looks like in each role. - Join at your own risk and make sure you vet your boss.

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SonderMind Response
4y
Thank you for taking the time to give us feedback. This is not up to our expectations and we will be passing this information along to improve our employee experience.
2.0
Jun 16, 2022

Misguided leadership, favoritism, no communication

Anonymous employee
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Pros

While not a very diverse company racially, they do a decent job of hiring people of different ages. Some of the teams have thoughtful leadership. People are generally kind and considerate. Shout out to the talent team for bringing in good people.

Cons

SonderMind has a communication issue. None of the departments talk to each other. This leads to doubling up on work, squabbling over who runs a project, or completely dropping the ball because no one knows what their job is. They also hire so many directors and managers without hiring more staff to support existing individual contributors who are being asked to do too much and being burned out. The C suite is detached and demanding.

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SonderMind Response
3y
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback regarding your experience at SonderMind. As we grow, it is important to us that we build SonderMind as a career-defining place to work. Your thoughts regarding company communications and your experience with company leaders will help us to develop better processes & programs that will better serve our employees. We encourage you to reach out to your People Business Partner to share any additional information that could help improve your experience working at SonderMind. Again, thank you for writing this feedback. We appreciate it!
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