WebMD Health reviews

3.5

62% would recommend to a friend

(1,051 total reviews)

Robert N. Brisco

56% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

WebMD Health has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,051 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The WebMD 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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1K reviews
2.0
Mar 16, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

The people for the most part genuinely care about doing their jobs. You won't be challenged too much if you don't want to. Titles are generally inflated which looks good on a resume for your next job which you'll need if you really want to grow in your career.

Cons

It's mostly non-development. You'll find yourself changing text, writing queries, but rarely doing anything classified as "software engineering". The main focus is on the short term deadline driven "request" of the client rather than on longer term investment in making things efficient and solving problems in a way that is sustainable. As more experienced folks leave, replacements are brought in with much less experience to save salary. If you're looking for an actual job in development or quality assurance, apply in Product Development or at another company.

1.0
Jun 10, 2015

Reputation company hard at work to mask bad work environment

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

WebMD has been lucky to get a lot of very talented people through its doors, unfortunately they don't stick around long. A well respected brand which on the downside that's the only thing they rely on to drive the company. The compensation packages are average, not greatest but not the worst. They do offer decent vacation time, holidays and sick days. Lot of people don't get to take them all because they have to work so much but they did allow some roll over. transportation assistance like parking and train.

Cons

Reviews here are indicative that WebMD hired a reputation company to hide the actual conditions at the company. I have yet to meet an employee that is acutally thrilled about the company's operation, leadership, and direction. Leadership that works there is antiquated, out of touch and has no real knowledge of what the industries are doing. They could give a pancake about how employees feel, how they are being treated because they are burning them out. HR is just there to pretend and to weed out those that may complain so they can go back to management and work on a plot to get rid of anyone expressing any type of dissatisfaction. I just don't see any growth with this company, they lack vision, experience and any type of ability to motivate their work force because transparency is non-existent, employees distrust all of the leadership. It is basically just a place to clock in and out until something better comes along. It is a shame as the company has so much potential but it should be a poster child of what not to do and how to kill any type of excitement for your job.

1.0
Jan 9, 2019

Really Bad Senior Leadership

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If you are inexperienced and have little legitimate qualifications, you can get very far by just playing the political game, especially in the Women's Network. People are very nice to your face. Everyone pretends to get along.

Cons

The culture pretends to run on a free thinking democratic management style but rules behind closed doors as a strict oppressive autocratic popularity contest. The lack of practical knowledge from leadership coupled with poor communication surrounding decisions and direction, breeds a culture of uncertainty. There is no trust in the leadership, it is an uninspired culture, and there is no motivation to work as a team.

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