Not as advertised - Psychiatrist Talkiatry Employee Review

2.0
Nov 4, 2022
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Pros

work from home. leadership seems to have good intentions. support staff are extremely helpful. ability to spend time with patients and do psychotherapy if you like. no pressure to prescribe controlled Rx.

Cons

major issues with transparency, we do not know the formula for incentive pay. famp up period was extremely slow. so far i am on my 4th month, and only now is my scheduling starting to fill up. they advertise free health insurance, but changed this november 2022. now the only free option is HDHP with HSA. the PPO and EPO you have to pay 10% of the cost. PTO is not real PTO because incentive compensation is calculated as a monthly average, so the months you take PTO your incentive with tank, and you basically get almost nothing those months. The base salary really needs to be higher.

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Talkiatry Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts and recommendations. Feedback like yours can help guide our path forward. We've launched new tools that allow for enhanced visibility into incentive compensation, along with a number of other system updates that will allow for more transparency across the board. Please know we appreciate your suggestions and are committed to making Talkiatry a great place to work for the psychiatrists who make our mission possible.

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5.0
Jun 28, 2026
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Pros

The work is straightforward. The clients are mostly reasonable. I prescribe a lot of stimulants in states where I can prescribe them. The electronic medical record and the resources contained within make it easy enough to do it. A good job at this. They offer the use of an AI scribe to help with documentation. You can be involved as much or as little as you want to in activities beyond direct patient care. Talkiatry chooses to make its money through the use of the psychotherapy add-on code. You're incentivized to spend time talking with your patients, which seems like a win for everyone.

Cons

Figuring out how the performance portion of the pay structure works is challenging and takes several months. You also take a significant hit in taxes because of the the back that the performance portion of your salary is paid as a bonus which is taxed at 30%. This is higher than the base pay tax rate. I'm hopeful that I'll see the significant tax return next April.

4.0
Jul 13, 2026
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Pros

Great company culture, they put their employees first and we represent a great resource for patients

Cons

Startup, still working on policies and documents

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