Reality Settles in Quickly... - Director Health-E Commerce Employee Review

2.0
29 Nov 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

• Great health benefits, 401k and unlimited PTO policies (common practice) • HR department tries their best to form a sense of community within a remote setting (mixed team lunches, lunch & learns, virtual happy hours, Bonusly) • Actual professional development programs for both "People Leaders" and Associates via 1-on-1 coaches • Opportunities to collaborate with multiple departments • A diverse company with respects to orientation, gender, race and religion

Cons

• Burnout happens rather quickly in multiple departments, usually settling within the 4th-6th month period. Ask around. People who stay are on auto-pilot thereafter and questioning their existence • For a health company, they're pretty motivated by sales and acquisition, dismissing the value of long-term retention • Not a proactive company that uses data... they're very reactive causing departments to make spontaneous decisions • Recently hired a series of VPs SIMULTANEOUSLY in multiple depts, each with mismatched direction, often clashing with company priorities. • Goals and expectations are unrealistic, with reviews every 3-months (which is not realistic for such a LARGE company) • Performance evaluations are based on the company's revenue, not your efforts • Unlimited PTO policies are irrelevant here, as they implement PTO freezes at will • Echoing sentiments from another commenter about Linkedin posts from leadership. They aren't authentic and leaders are attempting to save face

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5.0
24 Jun 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The offsite are amazing, the work life balance is nice, summer fridays, good leadership!

Cons

Not many that I could think of

4.0
1 Dec 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

remote work that feels like you're in a room with adults. however, there are a few too many "thought leaders" in the over bloated exec team which make priorities and ownership confusing. they have an amazing competitive advantage with insurance partnerships, but it felt as if there were too many cooks in the kitchen at times which made work take longer than it needed to with far too many rounds of revisions/approvals.

Cons

empower individuals to truly own their lanes. snuff out people that are all talk and no action. learn from poor investments - create more narrow strategy and execute. certain teams and managers unfortunately can be/feel cliquey. some teams will assign blame to others/point the finger across the aisle vs. take accountability. can feel a little "style over substance" with flashy off sites, remote perks, strong HR presence when behind the scenes they are PE owned and will make layoffs and tough decisions when margins and profits aren't where they were projected to be.

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