Don't believe the hype - Anonymous employee Virta Employee Review

1.0
Jul 23, 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good coworkers, positive mission, pretty good benefits.

Cons

Firstly, do not trust the 5 star reviews you see here. They are being pushed by the recruitment team to bolster the overall company score. Secondly, Virta is just like any company - there are good things and there are bad things. The interesting thing is, Virta leadership does not want to do anything about the bad things. They either do not think the bad things are really bad things, or they care too much about other things (money) to fix the bad things. There are a lot of egos in leadership who refuse to believe they could do anything wrong, so any complaints are dismissed as "noise" and no amount of escalation moves the needle. Thirdly, if you are a member of the Health Coach team you know how utterly toxic the leadership is. They are clueless when it comes to leadership, but because they are protected by the COO and CEO, nothing will ever happen. They have confronted and yelled at employees on more than one occasion (and this is IN PERSON while others can see/hear), they bulldoze anyone who dares to have an opinion unlike their own, they talk over you to get their point across, they refuse to listen to you if they doesn't think what you're saying lines up with their thoughts, and they shut down any ideas that are not their own. They will (and have) gone straight to the COO to complain until they gets her way. They have literally told people they always get what they want, and they will use their power to do it (it does not help that we have a lot of weak leaders who will cave to demands). Trust me when I say that most people do not enjoy their interactions with them - and this is across all functions - their own team, product, engineering, other clinical departments, legal, hr - etc. You'll find it difficult to find one person who would describe them as pleasant. It is sad that the leadership on one of the biggest teams in the company is without one iota of leadership sensibilities. They are the opposite of "people first" which is one of Virta's core values. It's really very sad to see them wield their power the way they do.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

Remote working, having the ability to mute your microphone during waste-of-time propaganda meetings. Benefits for L&D, and work at home stipend.

Cons

Any role that is Member facing is treated like trash. When they post positions, the sum total has often been 2-3 million, with the absolute lowest salaries being those helping Members. That says a lot- but then again, it's a for profit healthcare company, so that says it all. Every meme/satire or TT you've ever seen about toxic corporate workplaces are made because of places like Virta. Every manager, associate director and director share skillsets with snake-oil salesmen of old. They talk and you're aware they're using poor manipulation techniques that just give you the creeps. Nothing matters. High performers, low performers, those who have second jobs who don't even do their job- doesn't matter. You're all the same to them. They'll find a carrot to try to dangle- like 3 percent peanut butter raises. They abhor internal promotions, so it's a dead end job, no matter how much you demonstrate your value with metrics, skillsets, education, and experience. During hiring they sing a song about promotions, growth, new company, yadda-yadda, but it's all a lie. There's no communication between teams, and tribal knowledge rules. The left had has no idea what the right is doing. It honestly feels like a money laundering operation for people who know directors to get insider jobs. Run.

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