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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4.0
Jan 29, 2014

Working my Tail Off

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Really sharp, smart people to work with, and overall I'd say many people are happy to work for the company

Cons

Tremendous working hours, most departments feel short staffed and overworked. The potential for burn out is high. It can feel a lot like individuals are working for the 'idea of the day' and that upper management can suffer from Shiney Toy Syndrome much too often.

3.0
Jan 29, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Within my department, little to no pressure to work overtime. Good opportunities to transfer to other positions within the firm to make best use of one's abilities.

Cons

Viper's nest of interdepartmental politics; instead of acting as colleagues, members of other departments would lie to shift blame for missed deadlines. Profits tied to ability to make very tight, pre-set and inflexible deadlines. Unrealistic goals set by people with no knowledge of human ability to attain them. Senior management completely out of touch with realities of everyday work or unable to hold sway with decision makers. CYA all the way.

3.0
Jan 29, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There are many talented/friendly people working here. Very loose dress code. Management pretty much all leave at 5 on the dot. No one really looking over your shoulder as long as you get your work done. How you break up your time is very flexible. There's a Ballys across the courtyard for lunchtime workouts. Lots of reasonably priced food in the area. Company parties are pretty good when they do happen. Free lunch during lunch time meetings. Free bagel fridays.

Cons

Agile is the buzzword and its mostly used by project leaders and "big-idea" people to think things through half-assed which results in huge amounts of development time being wasted. The idea of "I'll know what I want when I see it" that clueless clients have unfortunately extend to project managers and ux leaders that really should have saw issues in wireframe/design stages when it could have been quickly resolved. Meetings are often pointless and a waste of time unfortunately it seems that some people's only existence at the company are to perpetuate them for some feeling of purpose. Management are "lifers" and their priority is to hold on to their job and keep things easy for them, technology-wise the company is very far behind.

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