Great benefits but toxic culture and not stable - Anonymous employee Health Leads Employee Review

2.0
21 Sept 2018
Anonymous employee
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Pros

- People here tend to genuinely care about our clients - I get to work with HIGHLY knowledgable people - The benefits: unlimited paid time off, good parental leave policies, ability to work from home for most positions - Getting to work with people located across the country, those connections are invaluable

Cons

- Toxic culture (the other reviews about threatening behavior from staff to staff is true and leaderships' response to it under both the former CEO and current CEO left a lot to be desired) - No clear direction, without being able to admit there's no clear direction. I've been a part of many projects where everyone was all hands on deck for months only for a decision to be made that the project is being scraped (and all the work that went into too) - With CEO transition there's been a financial hit that's resulted in serious job insecurity for many of the staff - I wouldn't recommend accepting an associate role, there's many instances of unfair treatment, talking down, over working, etc for those at that level - I wouldn't recommend joining Health Leads until at least 2020 (the instability is that great)

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

The frontline staff are dedicated and genuinely care about the communities they serve. You’ll work alongside smart, passionate people who believe in health equity and want to make a difference.

Cons

If I could give zero stars,,,, Toxic leadership culture that hasn’t improved in years. Senior leadership, including the CEO, creates an environment of gaslighting where priorities shift constantly without explanation, feedback is ignored or weaponized, and accountability flows down but never up. There’s no clear strategic direction. Projects launch with fanfare, then quietly disappear. Resources get wasted chasing the latest idea while core operations suffer. I still couldn’t explain what leadership believes the organization actually does or where it’s headed. The gap between the mission and how leadership operates is staggering. Burnout is treated as a personal failing rather than a systemic problem. Good people leave regularly, and the pattern never changes.

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