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Modernizing Medicine

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An immature company w/ a lot of internal conflict - Software Educator Modernizing Medicine Employee Review

2.0
May 13, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

New, "hip", software company. Transparency the CEO brings into meetings. Fun events in office (I was rarely there to enjoy them though); periodic office massages, a "zen room", treadmills to walk and work, etc. Great benefits: vacation time, health insurance, life insurance, short/longterm leave.

Cons

Management in Client Services in awful. No structure, a lot of politics. The company is very new and immature, blind to the formalities and professionalism expected from clients- clearly going through "growing pains." Documents produced and circulated to clients have spelling mistakes and lack cohesion/completion. The educators are uneducated themselves. A lot of unnecessary micromanaging that hinders productivity, innovation, and growth. Negative work environment that mirrors a high school. Favoritism by management fuels promotions to positions that are often fabricated; thus, lack of ability to grow rapidly in the company unless they create a new position for you. Any new ideas recommended, or any initiative put forth is immediately squashed. You are to simply comply, which fuels lack of motivation/initiation. My initial drive to help better the company was greeted with a rude awakening that it is a big "no-no" and I should do as I'm told. Thus, why put in extra effort to be ridiculed when I can just do less and be paid the same?

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1.0
May 12, 2026
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Recommend
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Pros

The strongest aspect of the company is the resilience and talent of many of its individual contributors. I worked with smart, creative people who consistently found ways to keep critical functions operating despite significant operational and resource constraints. The environment offered extensive hands-on experience with complex systems, cross-functional dependencies, and high-volume operational problem solving. Employees often gained rapid professional growth simply because they were required to manage responsibilities well beyond the scope of their formal roles.

Cons

The company’s operational philosophy often seemed to confuse endurance with effectiveness. Employees were expected to absorb expanding responsibilities indefinitely, even when workloads had clearly exceeded sustainable limits. In some cases, entire operational domains were effectively owned by a single individual with little redundancy, limited support, and no realistic contingency planning. Leadership frequently discussed innovation and growth while failing to address basic organizational health issues such as staffing adequacy, process ownership, and burnout prevention. Months of excessive workload and escalating pressure resulted in predictable employee exhaustion, yet meaningful intervention from management or HR never materialized. There was also a noticeable tendency to treat systemic operational failures as isolated employee challenges instead of acknowledging broader leadership and resourcing problems. This created an environment where highly capable people spent more time compensating for organizational instability than performing strategic work.

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